Dear Statalist
I have a number of regions A, B, C...
I am picking one of two areas in each region for a randomised study
So my first allocation will be A1, B1, C1....
Second A2, B1, C1....
Third A1, B2, C1
...etc
...
...
I think I will have 2^n possible allocations where n is the number of
regions.
The problem is some of these allocations are pathological. For example I
might pick the poorest area in each region, or the richest. For that reason I
want to do a 'restricted randomisation' that is delete these pathological
outcomes from the sample space before randomising. So I restrict my sample
space by firstly listing out all the 2^n allocations (in my case n=20) and
then scoring them by using the data I have on each area.
So e.g. I might get my 20 areas as follows
A2, B1, C2, D1, E1...
I then use the data I have on deprivation in the 2nd area in region A, the
first area in region B and so on, and decide that I want to exclude this
particular allocation from being chosen.
I would like to produce a dataset with all the possible allocations in it.
Either of the form
A1 B1 C1 D1 E1
A2 B1 C1 D1 E1
For 1048576 lines or
Variable names A1 A2 B1 B2 C1 C2 D1 D2...
1 0 1 0 1 0 1
0
0 1 1 0 1 0 1
0
for 1048576 lines
Apologies if this is trivial but I don't have much of a programming
background in Stata so any pointers would be appreciated
Martin
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