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FACTMERG: Stata module to merge a list of factors to create string variables

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  • Roger Newson

    (King's College London)

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Abstract

factmerg inputs a list of factors and outputs up to 3 string variables, containing, in each observation, the name, variable label and value, respectively, of the first factor in the list with a nonmissing value in that observation. These string variables can be used in creating row labels for output tables and/or plots, possibly using the sencode package. The input factors are usually either created in a parmest or parmby output data set by using the factext package, or are in a data set created by concatenating multiple xcontract output data sets using dsconcat. The sencode, parmest, factext, xcontract and dsconcat packages are downloadable from SSC.

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  • Roger Newson, 2001. "FACTMERG: Stata module to merge a list of factors to create string variables," Statistical Software Components S419602, Boston College Department of Economics, revised 18 May 2023.
    • Handle: RePEc:boc:bocode:s419602
    Note: This module may be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install factmerg". The module is made available under terms of the GPL v3 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt). Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.
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