|
|  |
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date index][Thread index]
st: RE: Matrix? Stack? Reshape?
I did not see what your data set looks like. Would it be possible to
send me your dataset?
My email address is:
[email protected]
Justin White
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of buddyb
Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 12:05 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: Matrix? Stack? Reshape?
Maybe let me explain what I need like this...
Currently I have 5 respondents and 3 variables (apple,
pear, oarnge) coded as 1 2 3 . My data set looks like
this:
--- "White, Justin" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of buddyb
> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 10:59 AM
> To: [email protected]
> 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
>
>
> __________________________________________________
> Do You Yahoo!?
> Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam
> protection around
> http://mail.yahoo.com
> *
> * For searches and help try:
> *
> http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
> * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
> * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
>
>
> *
> * For searches and help try:
> *
> http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
> * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
> * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
>
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around
http://mail.yahoo.com
*
* For searches and help try:
* http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
* http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
* http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
*
* For searches and help try:
* http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
* http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
* http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
