st: RE: Generating New variable for best measurement

["Sarah Edgington" <sedging@ucla.edu>]

What do you mean by "best of the four measurements"?

If by best you mean highest then you should be able to get what you want
with:
gen varbest=max(var001,var002,var003,var004)

This will work assuming that each individual is represented by a single
observation.  If not, you'll need to give more details of what your data
look like.

-Sarah

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[mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Witness Chirinda
Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2014 5:42 PM
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Subject: st: Generating New variable for best measurement

Dear All,
I have measurements of a test taken at four different times. i.e (var001,
var002, var003 and var004). I want to generate a new variable
(varBest) which takes the best of the four measurements for each individual.
Any advice on how to go about this would be greatly appreciated Thanks!
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