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st: grouping variables within individuals
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Devora Shamah <[email protected]>
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st: grouping variables within individuals
Date
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:37:24 -0400
I am working with a dataset that contains grade records for students over several terms. Each student has 1-6 classes per term. I need to assign each term a "count of term" so I can create variables that capture the total number of classes taken during the students' first and second term and the percent of classes they have passed. The students all started at different terms and not all of them took classes in consecutive terms. I have easily identified the first term by using the row minimum command in stata. I am struggling to find an efficient and accurate way to identify the second term. I would appreciate any thoughts anyone has.
My data looks like this (in long form) The class values refer to type of class, and grades range from withdraws through A's. Essentially I need a way to identify that for student 475, Spring 05 was his first term, and Fall )5 was his second term, for student 476 Fall 05 was his first term and Spring 05 was his second term and so on.
id term class grade
475 Spr 05 4 4
475 Spr 05 2 2
475 Spr 05 5 3
475 Spr 05 3 2
475 Spr 05 1 -1
475 Spr 05 6 3
475 Fall 05 7 0
475 Fall 05 7 0
475 Fall 05 7 0
475 Spr 06 2
475 Spr 06 0
475 Spr 06 0
475 Fall 06 3
475 Fall 06 0
476 Fall 05 5 4
476 Fall 05 6 4
476 Fall 05 3 4
476 Fall 05 2 4
476 Fall 05 1 -1
476 Fall 05 4 4
476 Spr 06 1
476 Spr 06 4
476 Spr 06 4
476 Sum 06 3
476 Sum 06 -3
476 Fall 06 3
476 Fall 06 3
476 Fall 06 4
476 Fall 06 4
476 Fall 06 4
477 Fall 05 6 4
477 Fall 05 2 4
477 Fall 05 5 4
477 Fall 05 3 4
477 Fall 05 4 4
477 Fall 05 1 -1
477 Spr 06 4
477 Spr 06 0
477 Spr 06 0
477 Spr 06 2
477 Sum 06 4
477 Fall 06 0
477 Fall 06 2
477 Fall 06 0
477 Spr 07 3
477 Spr 07 0
477 Spr 07 0
477 Fall 07 3
477 Fall 07 2
477 Fall 07 3
477 Spr 08 2
477 Spr 08 3
477 Spr 08 4
477 Spr 08 3
Devora Shamah
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