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Re: st: reshape or something else?
From
Nick Cox <[email protected]>
To
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject
Re: st: reshape or something else?
Date
Thu, 28 Nov 2013 12:21:46 +0000
clear
input value level str3 question
2.05 2 q1
3.01 2 q1
0.75 2 q1
1.99 3 q2
1.86 3 q2
0.44 3 q2
1.21 4 q3
4.22 4 q3
2.55 4 q3
end
gen id = _n
reshape wide value, i(id level) j(question) string
drop id
renpfix value
Nick
[email protected]
On 28 November 2013 12:15, Nick Bornschein <[email protected]> wrote:
> Not exactly: the final result should look like:
>
> clear
> input level q1 q2 q3
> 2 2.05 . .
> 2 3.01 . .
> 2 0.75 . .
> 3 . 1.99 .
> 3 . 1.86 .
> 3 . 0.44 .
> 4 . . 1.21
> 4 . . 4.22
> 4 . . 2.55
> end
>
>
>
> Am 28.11.13 12:55, schrieb Nick Cox:
>
>> Is this what you want? If not, show us explicitly what the reshaped
>> data should look like.
>>
>> clear
>> input value level str3 question
>> 2.05 2 q1
>> 3.01 2 q1
>> 0.75 2 q1
>> 1.99 3 q2
>> 1.86 3 q2
>> 0.44 3 q2
>> 1.21 4 q3
>> 4.22 4 q3
>> 2.55 4 q3
>> end
>> egen id = seq(), to(3)
>> reshape wide value level, i(id) j(question) string
>>
>>
>> Nick
>> [email protected]
>>
>>
>> On 28 November 2013 11:39, Nick Bornschein <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Yes, of course:
>>>
>>> clear
>>> input value level str3 question
>>> 2.05 2 q1
>>> 3.01 2 q1
>>> 0.75 2 q1
>>> 1.99 3 q2
>>> 1.86 3 q2
>>> 0.44 3 q2
>>> 1.21 4 q3
>>> 4.22 4 q3
>>> 2.55 4 q3
>>> end
>>>
>>> So the questions should be transferred to new variable q1, q2 and so on,
>>> keeping the value and level information tne these two variables.
>>>
>>> -Nick
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Am 28.11.13 12:11, schrieb Nick Cox:
>>>
>>>> Please show us an example of your data, e.g. the first 10 observations.
>>>> Nick
>>>> [email protected]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 28 November 2013 09:57, Nick Bornschein <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello Stata user,
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a dataset with 3 variables: "value" with numeric numbers,
>>>>> "level"
>>>>> with numeric levels from 1 to 10 and "question" with the short text of
>>>>> the
>>>>> questions (q1, q2...). Now I want to bring all the questions in
>>>>> seperate
>>>>> columns with the "value" they have in the variable "value"
>>>>> coressponding
>>>>> to
>>>>> the level. Using reshape I always get error messages in some way, so
>>>>> hope
>>>>> there is an easy answer.
>>>>>
>>>>> Best
>>>>> Nick
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