Re: st: How to keep if freq of var is >= 100 for both group (Alcohol "1" and non-alcohol "0")?

[Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com>]

You did say that and I overlooked it.

The extra code follows in turn from an FAQ and the principles
discussed in my paper previously cited.

FAQ     . . . . . .  Listing observations in a group that differ on a variable
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  N. J. Cox
        11/01   How do I list observations in a group that differ
                on a variable?
                http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/data/diff.html


bysort diagnosis group : keep if _N > 100
by diagnosis : drop if group[1] == group[_N]

If only one -group- is represented for each -diagnosis- then
necessarily the first and last are the same.

Nick

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:28 AM, Caliph Omar Moumin
<sheikmoumin@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thank  Nick for your quick reply
>
> I when i apply this command it is keeping if either of the two group is >= 100 observation. Which means there are cases which one of the groups have 0 observations
>  I would like if and only if both groups have >=100 observations.

From: Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com>

> Your title said ">="; your text varies between ">=" and "more than";
> clearly you need to choose between ">=" and ">".
>
> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 8:31 AM, Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com> wrote:
>> This is a simple application of -by:-, with which all long-term Stata
>> users should be familiar.
>>
>> bysort diagnosis group : keep if _N > 100
>>
>> Note that this procedure just counts observations, and is indifferent
>> to missing values. If you have missing values on key variables, -drop-
>> them first.
>>
>> Read the sections on -by:- in [U}. Then for a discursive tutorial on -by:-, see
>>
>> SJ-2-1  pr0004  . . . . . . . . . . Speaking Stata:  How to move step by: step
>>        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  N. J. Cox
>>        Q1/02  SJ 2(1):86--102                                  (no commands)
>>        explains the use of the by varlist : construct to tackle
>>        a variety of problems with group structure, ranging from
>>        simple calculations for each of several groups to more
>>        advanced manipulations that use the built-in _n and _N
>>
>>
>> Nick
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 7:53 AM, Caliph Omar Moumin
>> <sheikmoumin@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I have a large dataset which more than 500,000 observations; and more than 7000 diagnoses,  which is grouped into two groups alcohol coded as "1" and nonlacloh as "0"
>>> the data structure is like this
>>>
>>> obs                id                                      diagnosis        group............other variables
>>>  1              2338                                    A120            1
>>>
>>>  2                3838                                    m23              0
>>> .
>>> .
>>> .
>>> .
>>>  500,000      45566                                    y678            1
>>>
>>>
>>> So i want to keep if observations is  >= 100 for both groups alcohol and nonalcohol based on daignoses. For example if daignoses A120 has more than 100 observations for both alcohol and nonalcohol keep if not drop it.
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