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Re: st: grouping cases
From
daniel klein <[email protected]>
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Re: st: grouping cases
Date
Fri, 7 Oct 2011 22:37:34 +0200
Maybe working with numeric variables might be more convenient here.
Assuming that there are no typing errors in "country" you can fristly
-encode- this variable. You then create the dummy using a numeric
variable.
. encode country ,g(cntry)
. la li cntry
. g oecd = inrange(cntry, 1, 5) | inrange(cntry, 12, 14) ...
[fictional numbers !]
For the second step you may also use -todummy- ,(available from SSC).
The syntax would then be something like
. todummy mk ,v(1/5 12/14) g(oecd)
Even if you cannot use -inrange()- or the like, I guess it is still
more convenient to write "12" instead of writing "Korea, Republic of".
Best
Daniel
--
I want to choose oecd members from all countries and make dummy variables.
So I wrote like this way:
gen oecd=1 if country=="Australia" | country=="Austria" |
country=="Belgium" | country=="Canada" |
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