LABSORT: Stata module to recode a grouping variable according to a group statistic and reorder its value labels

Ross Odell ()
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Ross Odell: University of New South Wales

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: labsort recodes a numerical grouping (categorical) variable so that the levels are sorted according to a group statistic such as the mean or median (any statistic available from -egen , by()- ). The value labels are also reordered. The variable label of groupvar, if any, is copied to newvar.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 6.0
Keywords: labels; groups; graphics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001-10-20
Note: This module may be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install labsort". 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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