Hi Michael,
g language2=language=="English"
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De: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] En nombre de Michael
Horowitz
Enviado el: Viernes, 13 de Mayo de 2005 11:15 a.m.
Para: [email protected]
Asunto: st: Converting string variable name into numbers
I am currently working with a survey dataset that includes responses
from
participants regarding their dominant language. The answers are string
variables, since they are "english", "spanish", etc. Basically the data
looks like this
Obs1 English
Obs2 Spanish
Obs3 French
Obs4 English
I would like to create dummy variables where every "english" response
gets
coded a 1 and other responses are coded a 0, do the same thing for
"spanish", etc. .
Any ideas? Thank you in advance for the assistance.
Michael Horowitz
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