Re: st: Re: Coding Question

[Phil Schumm <pschumm@uchicago.edu>]

On Aug 14, 2011, at 11:22 AM, Steven Samuels wrote:
> Even shorter:

<snip>

> reshape long meas, i(id) j(order)
> bys id: gen convert = meas ==1 & meas[_n-1]==0
> bys id: gen revert = meas == 0 & meas[_n-1] ==1
> preserve
> collapse (sum) n_convert=convert n_revert=revert, by(id)
> gen both = n_convert*n_revert >0 
> list id n_convert n_revert both
> restore


You definitely want the data in long form here, but note that the code above will fail to capture a switch if it spans a missing value (e.g., 0 -> . -> 1).  Here is an alternative that does not have this limitation:

    reshape long meas, i(id) j(order)
    drop if mi(meas)
    ass inlist(meas,0,1)
    isid id order, so
    egen conversion = max(meas>meas[_n-1] & id==id[_n-1]), by(id)
    egen reversion  = max(meas<meas[_n-1] & id==id[_n-1]), by(id)
    gen byte both = conversion & reversion


-- Phil


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