Re: st: Subset of data into new file

[Eric Booth <ebooth@ppri.tamu.edu>]

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It's not clear from your example which dataset your "repeats" are in, but you can use -duplicates drop- to remove them before the merge , e.g.

****************!
clear
inp Indiv str5(Group) Size GroupAvgSize
1        a          2           4
2        a          4           4
3        a          6           4
1        b          3           3
2        b          4           3
3        b          2           3
end
duplicates drop Indiv Group, force
save using, replace

clear
inp Indiv    str5(Group)
1           a
2           a
3           a
4           a
5           a
1           b
2           b
3           b
4           b
5           b
end
duplicates drop Indiv Group, force
merge 1:1 Indiv Group using using.dta
ta _m
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~ Eric
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Eric A. Booth
Public Policy Research Institute
Texas A&M University
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On Aug 20, 2010, at 12:00 PM, Steven Archambault wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I have data about groups, from which I am calculating means for the groups.
> 
> Indiv Group Size GroupAvgSize
> 1        a          2           4
> 2        a          4           4
> 3        a          6           4
> 1        b          3           3
> 2        b          4           3
> 3        b          2           3
> 
> 
> Then, I want to merge the group avg size with a larger set of data
> containing the same groups, but a larger set of individuals (where
> size is not recorded).
> 
> Indv    Group
> 1           a
> 2           a
> 3           a
> 4           a
> 5           a
> 1           b
> 2           b
> 3           b
> 4           b
> 5           b
> 
> Is there a way to do this without exporting the data with GroupAvgSize
> to a spreadsheet, where I could crop out the repeats?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> -Steve
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