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Re: st: RE: AW: recode 9, 99, 999,..., into missing
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Steve Samuels <[email protected]>
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Re: st: RE: AW: recode 9, 99, 999,..., into missing
Date
Sun, 16 May 2010 13:36:02 -0400
A potential problem with depending on -sum- , -r(max)-, and the number
of recorded digits is that the highest recorded value of a potential
three digit response could be "99" or "099", and this would be
mistakenly set to missing. Unlikely, yes, but if it is possible, I
don't see any way around partitioning such variables by the number of
_possible_ digits and using -mvdecode-, as Tony suggests.
Steve
On Sun, May 16, 2010 at 11:13 AM, Lachenbruch, Peter
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Maybe I'm missing the point, but couldn't mvdecode handle this with three calls?
> mvdecode var3,mv(9/.)
> You may want to consider special missings for notanswered and refuse to answer and etc.
>
> ________________________________________
> From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of Martin Weiss [[email protected]]
> Sent: Sunday, May 16, 2010 8:10 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: AW: recode 9, 99, 999,..., into missing
>
> <>
>
> Not sure whether this is totally foolproof, try it yourself :-) -mod()- just
> has to part of the solution, I think:
>
>
> *************
> clear*
>
> inp byte(var1 var2) int(var3 var4)
> 1 1 1 1
> 2 2 2 2
> 3 3 3 3
> 4 8 99 999
> 5 9 100 1000
> 6 10 101 1001
> 7 11 150 5000
> 9 12 999 9999
> end
>
> foreach var of varlist *{
> sum `var', mean
> local notanswered = cond((mod(r(max),9)==0),r(max),.)
> if !mi(`notanswered') replace `var'=. if `var'==`notanswered'
> }
>
> list, noo
> *************
>
>
>
> HTH
> Martin
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]] Im Auftrag von Amanda Fu
> Gesendet: Sonntag, 16. Mai 2010 16:57
> An: [email protected]
> Betreff: st: recode 9, 99, 999,..., into missing
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have seen a couple of times that for some data sets the "not
> answered" is coded as 9, 99, 999...... and the number of digit of 9
> depends on the number of digit of the maximum value of the variable.
> It is convenient to analyze if recoding them into missing. But the
> problem is, for some variables, 9 or 99 might be the real values. I
> was wondering if there is any good way to deal with this kind of
> recoding.
> (In the past we have a discussion thread of using the value label
> information such as "not answered" to deal with this question. What I
> am asking here is what if there are no such value labels ?)
>
> For example, here are three variables :
> var1 takes values: {1,2,3,4,9}
> where 9 means "not answered"
> var2 takes values: {1,2,3,......8,9,10,11,12,99}
> where 99 means " "not answered"
> var3 takes values: {1,2,3,...99,100,101,..,150,999} where
> 999 means " "not answered"
> var4 takes values: {1,2,3,...999,1000,1001,..5000,9999} where 9999
> means " "not answered"
>
> Now I am thinking to recode int he following way:
>
> foreach var of varlist * {
> sum `var'
> replace `var'=. if r(max)<9 & `var'==9
> replace `var'=. if r(max)<99 & r(max)>9 & `var'==99
> replace `var'=. if r(max)<999 & r(max)>99 & `var'==999
> replace `var'=. if r(max)<9999 & r(max)>999 & `var'==9999
> }
>
> I would like to hear if anyone has better method instead of this.
> Thanks for your time!
>
> Best wishes,
> Amanda
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