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st: Creating Dummys from a variable with 5 categories
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Sharon Brody <[email protected]>
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st: Creating Dummys from a variable with 5 categories
Date
Sun, 2 Dec 2012 08:27:28 +0000 (GMT)
Hi
I have a variable with 5 answers and need to make a dummy variable from it
The question asked - How are you charged for your waste:
1. Flat Fee
2. Weight or Volume
3. Frequency
4. Not Charged
5. Dont Know
If I want to create a dummy variable that uses Flat Fee as a reference point
1. How do I create a dummy (I have tried the basic way - gen XXXX =1 replace XXXX=0 if YYYY=>2) but I believe this is incorrect as it doesnt incorporate all the variables.
2. How do I get Stata 12 to use "Flat Fee" as the reference base point
I am a beginner to statistics so please use simple terminology. Thank You
Sharon
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