I'd like to tablulate hospital specific kappas, in which a 10 item
questionnaire was completed by two observers and with dicotomous responses
to the items. I wrote a do file defining the scalars:
kap item1obs1 item1obs2 if hosp==2
scalar item1 = r(kappa)
display item1
and so on.
This displays the kappa of item 1 hospital 2 but I am not able to tabulate
this or manupulate it algebraically.
When I search for the the newly defined variable item1, I get an error
message that the variable cannot be found. It seems that it has something
to do with scalars. I've checked the manuals and can't figure it out.
Thank you,
Richard Lenhardt
your item1 isn't a variable, it's a scalar. The scalar can be manipulated
algebraically and displayed, but it can not be used as a variable. If you
really want a variable, then use -generate- to create it. Most likely, you
don't want a variable that is just a constant. Perhaps you should explain
what you actually want to do. If you want to record the kappa values for
different values of hosp, perhaps -statsby- could help?
