I would check out the gen command and use the by option. I am not sure
how your data is "shaped". You may need to reshape the data in order
for my advice to work. I am assuming you want 1 variable.
You could use this:
Assume there is a variable called fruit_type (apple, orange, and pear)
and a variable called score (which would have the low, med, and high)
By fruit_type: gen fruit = score
Hope this helps.
Justin White
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Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 10:59 AM
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Subject:
Hello everyone,
I am running STATA 8. I am not sure what this
procedure is called, but this is what I am trying to
do:
For an example, I have 3 questions asking respondents
to rate how much they like various fruits (Orange,
Apple, Pear) on a scale of low med high. So...I have
a data table similar to the following:
Low Medium High
Q1. Orange
Low Medium High
Q2. Apple
Low Medium High
Q3. Pear
Now I would like to combine these 3 questions into a
new variable called Fruit that would look similar to:
Fruit Low Medium High
Orange
Apple
Pear
Is this possible or does it make sense?
Thanks,
Buddy
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