FINDUNIQUE: Stata module to display combinations of unique identifiers in a dataset

Riccardo Marchingiglio ()
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Riccardo Marchingiglio: Northwestern University

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: findunique displays combinations of unique identifiers in a dataset. This command allows the user to find a rule according to which each single observation in a dataset is uniquely identifiable. findunique displays all the possible sets of variables among those specified in varlist whose combined values uniquely identify observations and shows them in order from the most parsimonious to the set with the largest number of variables.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 13, tuples and unique from SSC (q.v.)
Keywords: data management; identifiers; keys; unique (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-05-07
Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install findunique". 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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