Phuong Lan Nguyen wrote:
> I have a question about stata program and I hope you are able to help me.
> I
> have a series of numeric variables and want to group them into 1
> variable. Details of my data is
>
> var1 var2 var3
> x y z
>
> 3 variables indicates 3 code of teaching experience of teachers. Now i
> want to
> group them into 1 variable:
>
> new variable
> var1 x
> var2 y
> var3 z
>
> What command should I use to transform these variables?
If I were a betting man, I'd say -reshape- ought to do the job. Here's my
stab:
(1) Create a new column, place it to the extreme left and give that cell a
name (let's call it -ugg-);
(2) Then:
. reshape long new, i(ugg) j(var)
If I have it the right way around, that ought to do it.
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