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help for gengroup                                          Jean-benoit Hardouin
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Module to generate group of individuals based on a ordinal variable

        gengroup varlist [if exp] [in range] [, newvariable(newvarname)
              replace minsize(#) details]

Description

    gengroup creates groups of individuals by using the values of an ordinal
        variable.  The module creates groups by recoding several adjacent
        values of the ordinal variable, until obtaining groups with more than
        individuals than the number defined in the minsize option.


Options

    newvariable defines the name of the new variable (group by default).

    replace replaces the variable defined in the newvariable option if it
        already exists.

    minsize defines the minimal number of individuals in each group (30 by
        default).

    details diplays the composition of each group.

Examples

    . gengroup item*

    . gengroup itemA1-itemA7, newvariable(grouptocreate) replace minsize(80)

    . gengroup itemA*, details

Author

    Jean-Benoit Hardouin, PhD, assistant professor
    Team of Biostatistics, Clinical Research and Subjective Measures in
        Health Sciences
    University of Nantes - Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
    1, rue Gaston Veil - BP 53508
    44035 Nantes Cedex 1 - FRANCE
    Email:  jean-benoit.hardouin@univ-nantes.fr
    Websites AnaQol and FreeIRT

Also see

    Online: help for egen, generate and genscore if installed.