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SV: st: Compare two datasets wrt value labels
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Meisfjord, Jørgen Rajan <[email protected]>
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SV: st: Compare two datasets wrt value labels
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Thu, 29 Aug 2013 13:09:18 +0000
Thanks Nick, you gave me an idea. I have two datasets, form two different surveys. I am told that the variables are the same, and that codebooks are the same, too, but I want to verify. What I can do is:
1. ask for -labelbook- (alphabetized) in the first survey dataset.
2. copy the result from the screen, and paste it into a new file as a string variable, say <labelbook_1>
2. create a similar variable, <labelbook_2>, based on the second survey dataset
3. assert labelbook_1== labelbook_2
Or something like that?
Jørgen
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Emne: Re: st: Compare two datasets wrt value labels
Not clear exactly what you are seeking. Presumably you have datasets that should be compatible but there are might be clashes in detail.
Running -labelbook- in each dataset separately and looking at the results should help.
A -decode- on each variable with value labels would produce string variables that should be compatible.
(-multencode- (SSC) is a tool to ensure that the process can be reversed consistently.) Nick [email protected]
On 29 August 2013 13:10, Meisfjord, Jørgen Rajan <[email protected]> wrote:
> Is there a simple way to compare two datasets with respect to value labels?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jørgen Meisfjord
> Dpt. of Health Statistics | Norwegian Institute of Public Health
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