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SV: st: Compare two datasets wrt value labels


From   Meisfjord, Jørgen Rajan <[email protected]>
To   "'[email protected]'" <[email protected]>
Subject   SV: st: Compare two datasets wrt value labels
Date   Thu, 29 Aug 2013 14:11:59 +0000

Thanks Austin,

If -vlc- works properly, it must be exactly what I'm looking for.

Jørgen

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Fra: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] På vegne av Austin Nichols
Sendt: 29. august 2013 15:34
Til: [email protected]
Emne: Re: st: Compare two datasets wrt value labels

Jørgen Rajan et al.--
See also -vlc- on SSC.
http://fmwww.bc.edu/repec/bocode/v/vlc.html

On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 9:20 AM, Joe Canner <[email protected]> wrote:
> -uselabel- might be better for automating the comparison between the two data sets
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Meisfjord, Jørgen Rajan
> Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 9:09 AM
> To: '[email protected]'
> Subject: SV: st: Compare two datasets wrt value labels
>
> Thanks Nick, you gave me an idea. I have two datasets, form two different surveys. I am told that the variables are the same, and that codebooks are the same, too, but I want to verify. What I can do is:
>
> 1. ask for -labelbook- (alphabetized) in the first survey dataset.
> 2. copy the result from the screen, and paste it into a new file as a string variable, say <labelbook_1> 2. create a similar variable, <labelbook_2>, based on the second survey dataset 3. assert labelbook_1== labelbook_2
>
> Or something like that?
>
> Jørgen
>
>
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> Fra: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] På vegne av Nick Cox
> Sendt: 29. august 2013 14:32
> Til: [email protected]
> Emne: Re: st: Compare two datasets wrt value labels
>
> Not clear exactly what you are seeking. Presumably you have datasets that should be compatible but there are might be clashes in detail.
>
> Running -labelbook- in each dataset separately and looking at the results should help.
>
> A -decode- on each variable with value labels would produce string variables that should be compatible.
>
> (-multencode- (SSC) is a tool to ensure that the process can be reversed consistently.) Nick [email protected]
>
>
> On 29 August 2013 13:10, Meisfjord, Jørgen Rajan <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Is there a simple way to compare two datasets with respect to value labels?

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