Re: st: ranking variables on the basis of total values of observations

[Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com>]

If I understand your problem correctly, it is that of -rowranks-.

See also for a review in that territory

SJ-9-1  pr0046  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Speaking Stata: Rowwise
        (help rowsort, rowranks if installed) . . . . . . . . . . .  N. J. Cox
        Q1/09   SJ 9(1):137--157
        shows how to exploit functions, egen functions, and Mata
        for working rowwise; rowsort and rowranks are introduced

This is now accessible to all at
http://www.stata-journal.com/sjpdf.html?articlenum=pr0046
under the Stata Journal's three-year window.

Nick

On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 9:44 PM, tashi lama <ltashi32@hotmail.com> wrote:
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> 1. 05jan2010        3 1 7 3 1 7
> 2. 06jan2010        2 3 6 5 4 13
> 3. 07jan2010        4 4 5 9 8 18
> 4. 08jan2010        1 2 4 10 10 22
> 5. 09jan2010        5 8 3 15 18 25
> 6. 10jan2010        8 9 2 23 27 27
> 7. 11jan2010        4 6 3 27 33 30
> 8. 12jan2010        3 3 8 30 36 38
> 9. 13jan2010        1 2 3 31 38 41
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>> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 21:17:19 +0100
>> Subject: Re: st: ranking variables on the basis of total values of observations
>> From: njcoxstata@gmail.com
>> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
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>> I don't know what -rowsum- is here.
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>> Thanks, but this doesn't get me much closer. Of course, if other
>> people can work out what you want, they should chip in.
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>> Please _show_ what you want it changed to, as I asked earlier. No
>> word description, just what the dataset would like look after changes.
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>> Nick
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>> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 8:49 PM, tashi lama <ltashi32@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> > date var2 var3 var4
>> > 1. 05jan2010 3 1 7
>> > 2. 06jan2010 2 3 6
>> > 3. 07jan2010 4 4 5
>> > 4. 08jan2010 1 2 4
>> > 5. 09jan2010 5 8 3
>> > 6. 10jan2010 8 9 2
>> > 7. 11jan2010 4 6 3
>> > 8. 12jan2010 3 3 8
>> > 9. 13jan2010 1 2 3
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>> > Say, I would like to rank var2 for certain period of time say (05jan2010-09jan2010). So, I would have Stata add the obs values from 05jan2010 to 09jan2010 for all the variables and rank var2 like 1st or 2nd or 3rd. I looked at rowsum. I don't think it will help.
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>> >> Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:34:58 +0100
>> >> Subject: Re: st: ranking variables on the basis of total values of observations
>> >> From: njcoxstata@gmail.com
>> >> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
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>> >> As far as I can see this could mean several things. I am not clear
>> >> that when you say "rank" you don't mean "order" instead.
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>> >> I don't think you want -rowranks- (SSC).
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>> >> Why not just give us a toy dataset, with say 5 observations and 5
>> >> variables, and what you want to change it to? Then it should be easier
>> >> to see what you want.
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>> >> By the way, adding lots of blank lines just makes your posts more
>> >> difficult to read. I've edited what came in.
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>> >> Nick
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>> >> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 8:22 PM, tashi lama <ltashi32@hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> >> > I have a list of variables and I would like to rank the variables or any given variable for that matter on the basis of total values of their observations. I thought of approaching this problem in the following way.
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>> >> > 1. find the running sum of all the variables using generate or the total using egen although I think I would prefer generate.
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>> >> > say there are var1 var2 var3
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>> >> > gen tvar1=sum(var1)
>> >> > gen tvar2=sum(var2)
>> >> > gen tvar3=sum(var3)
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>> >> > 2. then compare tvar1, tvar2 and tvar3 using if conditions.
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>> >> > Once this is done, I would like to expand such that I can rank those variables but for given period of time. And this is essentially why I think generate sum is better for this problem because it is a running sum.
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>> >> > say date var1 var2 var3
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>> >> > I would like to be able to rank variables say for 01jan2011 to 01feb2011 and so on.
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>> >> > Has anyone worked in this kind of problem before or does anyone have any idea or thought regarding this problem? Any help or lead would be highly appreciated? I saw that there is a stata module rowranks to calculate ranks in a row but i don't know how can it be useful to me. Most probably not....
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