BIOSTATS 690C - Fall 2020 Data Management & Applied Data Analysis with Stata/R Exam 1 STATA SOLUTIONS

Questions 1-3
learndis.xlsx.
Overview of Learning Disabilities in Children Study

__1. (20 points total)

__a) By any means you like, import learndis.xlsx into R Studio or Stata. Tip - While in Excel, take care that
the columns are saved in the appropriate formats (numeric or text).

__b) Produce a description of your imported dataset

In Stata the command is describe

__c) Save your imported data to a permanent Stata or R dataset.

. * Q1A: Import learn.xlsx

. import excel "/Users/cbigelow/Desktop/learndis.xlsx", sheet("Sheet1") firstrow

. * Q1B: Description of imported dataset

. describe

Contains data from /Users/cbigelow/Desktop/learndis.dta

obs: 105
vars: 6
size: 945
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storage display value

variable name type format label variable label
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grade byte %10.0g Grade Level
gender byte %10.0g genderf Gender
placemen byte %20.0g placemenf
Type of Placement
readcomp int %10.0g Reading Comprehension
mathcomp int %10.0g Math Comprehension
iq int %10.0g Intellectual Ability
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

. * Q1C: Save imported dataset

. save "/Users/cbigelow/Desktop/learndis.dta"
file /Users/cbigelow/Desktop/learndis.dta saved

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__2. (10 points total)

__a) By any means you like, create a studyid variable that you name studyid and that has
__2. (20 points total)

__a) For all variables: Create variable labels

__b) For discrete variables ONLY: Create variable value labels.

__c) For all variables, as needed: Assign missing value codes.

Dear class: I will accept lots of answers here, because the excel file that you started with utilized blanks for missing
values which were then assigned the missing value code “.” upon import. Regarding how to determine number of
missing values, there are lots of ways to do this. I did a little sleuthing to see if there might be a simple command that
would produce a tabulation of missing values. And I found one! So again, I will accept lots of answers here.

__d) Produce again a description of your imported dataset

In Stata the command is describe

. * Q2A: For all variables, create variable labels

. label variable grade "Grade Level"
. label variable gender "Gender"
. label variable placemen "Type of Placement"
. label variable readcomp "Reading Comprehension"
. label variable mathcomp "Math Comprehension"
. label variable iq "Intellectual Ability"

.* Q2B: For discrete variables, create variable value labels

. label define genderf 0 "male" 1 "female"
. label values gender genderf
. label define placemenf 0 "Part-time" 1 "Full-time Segregated"
. label values placemen placemenf
. label list

genderf:
0 male
1 female
placemenf:
0 Part-time
1 Full-time Segregated

* Q2C: For all variables, as needed: Assign missing value codes

. misstable summarize

Obs<.
+------------------------------
| | Unique
Variable | Obs=. Obs>. Obs<. | values Min Max
-------------+--------------------------------+------------------------------
readcomp | 29 76 | 35 22 107
mathcomp | 11 94 | 43 61 121
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__3. (20 points total)

__a) Create a grouped variable that you name quart_iq that has values 1, 2, 3, and 4 according to
quartile of value of iq.

__b) Label your variable quart_iq

__c) Attach variable value labels to the values 1, 2, 3, and 4 of quart_iq

. * Q3A: Create quart_iq that has values 1, 2, 3, or 4 according to value of iq

. . xtile quart_iq=iq, nq(4)
. fre quart_iq

quart_iq -- 4 quantiles of iq
-----------------------------------------------------------
| Freq. Percent Valid Cum.
--------------+--------------------------------------------
Valid 1 | 31 29.52 29.52 29.52
2 | 22 20.95 20.95 50.48
3 | 26 24.76 24.76 75.24
4 | 26 24.76 24.76 100.00
Total | 105 100.00 100.00
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. * Q3A ANOTHER SOLUTION: Brute force

. tabstat iq, statistics(min q max)

variable | min p25 p50 p75 max

-------------+--------------------------------------------------
iq | 51 74 80 89 105
----------------------------------------------------------------

. generate quart_iq=iq
. recode quart_iq (min/74.0=1) (74.01/80.0=2) (80.1/89.0=3) (89.1/max=4)
(quart_iq: 105 changes made)

. fre quart_iq

quart_iq
-----------------------------------------------------------
| Freq. Percent Valid Cum.
--------------+--------------------------------------------
Valid 1 | 31 29.52 29.52 29.52
2 | 22 20.95 20.95 50.48
3 | 26 24.76 24.76 75.24
4 | 26 24.76 24.76 100.00
Total | 105 100.00 100.00
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. * Q3B: Label your variable quart_iq

. label variable quart_iq "quart_iq: Quartile IQ"

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. * Q3C: Attach variable labels to the values 1, 2, 3, and 4 of quart_iq

. label define quart_iqf 1 "Q1: 51-74" 2 "Q2: 74-80" 3 "Q3: 80-89" 4 "Q4: 89-105"
. label values quart_iq quart_iqf
. fre quart_iq

quart_iq -- 4 quantiles of iq
------------------------------------------------------------------
| Freq. Percent Valid Cum.
---------------------+--------------------------------------------
Valid 1 Q1: 51-74 | 31 29.52 29.52 29.52
2 Q2: 74-80 | 22 20.95 20.95 50.48
3 Q3: 80-89 | 26 24.76 24.76 75.24
4 Q4: 89-105 | 26 24.76 24.76 100.00
Total | 105 100.00 100.00
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Questions 4-5
gss1000.xlsx.
Overview of General Social Survey (GSS)

__4. (20 points total)

The variable fepol contains responses to the question “Female not suited for politics” and is coded 1=yes and 0=no. This is
potentially confusing since a value of 1 is saying that the respondent believes females are not suited for politics.

__a) Create a more straightforward variable that you name fepol_yes and that is a reverse coding of fepol.

__b) Label this variable “Females suited for politics”

__c) Assign value labels of “Yes” to the value 1 and “No to the value 0.

. * Q4: Preliminary – Look at distribution of fepol

. fre fepol

fepol -- Females not suited for politics (yes=1 no=0)? (recoded)

---------------------------------------------------------------
| Freq. Percent Valid Cum.
------------------+--------------------------------------------
Valid 0 0. No | 496 49.60 78.86 78.86
1 1. Yes | 133 13.30 21.14 100.00
Total | 629 62.90 100.00
Missing .i | 342 34.20
.n | 29 2.90
Total | 371 37.10
Total | 1000 100.00
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. Q4A: Create fepol_yes that is a reverse coding of fepol

. generate fepol_yes=fepol
(371 missing values generated)

. recode fepol_yes (0=1) (1=0)

(fepol_yes: 629 changes made)

. Q4B: Label this variable

. label variable fepol_yes "Females SUITED for politics"

. Q4C: Assign labels of “yes” to the value 1 and “no” to the value of 0
. label define fepolyesf 1 "Yes, suited" 0 "Not suited"
. label values fepol_yes fepolyesf

. * Check.
. tab2 fepol fepol_yes

-> tabulation of fepol by fepol_yes

Females |
not suited |
for |
politics |
(yes=1 | Females SUITED for
no=0)? | politics
(recoded) | Not suite Yes, suit | Total
-----------+----------------------+----------
0. No | 0 496 | 496
1. Yes | 133 0 | 133
-----------+----------------------+----------
Total | 133 496 | 629

__5. (20 points total)

The variable socbar contains responses to the question “Spend evening at bar” and is coded 1=never, 2 =once a year, 3=sev
times a year, 4=once a month, 5=sev times a mnth, 6=sev times a week, 7=almost daily. There are missing values.

___5a) Create a new variable socbar4 that is a grouping of the values of socbar as follows:

IF THEN code Assign

socbar = socbar4 = socbar4 value label

missing 1 Unknown
1 2 Never
2 or 3 or 4 3 At most 1x/month
5 or 6 or 7 4 At least several x/month

__5b) Label your new variable.

___5c) Label your new variable values.

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. * Q5: Preliminary – Look at distribution of socbar

. fre socbar

socbar -- spend evening at bar

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Freq. Percent Valid Cum.
----------------------------+--------------------------------------------
Valid 1 never | 321 32.10 48.86 48.86
2 once a year | 97 9.70 14.76 63.62
3 sev times a year | 74 7.40 11.26 74.89
4 once a month | 67 6.70 10.20 85.08
5 sev times a mnth | 58 5.80 8.83 93.91
6 sev times a week | 34 3.40 5.18 99.09
7 Almost daily | 6 0.60 0.91 100.00
Total | 657 65.70 100.00
Missing .d Don't Know | 1 0.10
.i Inapplicable | 342 34.20
Total | 343 34.30
Total | 1000 100.00
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. * Q5A: Create a new variable socbar4

. generate socbar4=socbar
(343 missing values generated)

. recode socbar4 (.i=1) (1=2) (2/4=3) (5/7=4)

(socbar4: 925 changes made)

. * Q5B: Label your new variable

. label variable socbar4 "Spend evening bar, grouped"

. * Q5C: Label your new variable values.

. label define socbar4f 1 "Inapplicable" 2 "Never" 3 "At most 1x/mo" 4 "At least several/mo"
. label values socbar4 socbar4f

. numlabel, add
. tab2 socbar socbar4, missing

-> tabulation of socbar by socbar4

spend evening at | Spend evening bar, grouped

bar | 1. Inappl 2. Never 3. At mos 4. At lea .d | Total
--------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+----------
1. never | 0 321 0 0 0 | 321
2. once a year | 0 0 97 0 0 | 97
3. sev times a year | 0 0 74 0 0 | 74
4. once a month | 0 0 67 0 0 | 67
5. sev times a mnth | 0 0 0 58 0 | 58
6. sev times a week | 0 0 0 34 0 | 34
7. Almost daily | 0 0 0 6 0 | 6
.d. Don't Know | 0 0 0 0 1 | 1
.i. Inapplicable | 342 0 0 0 0 | 342
--------------------+-------------------------------------------------------+----------
Total | 342 321 238 98 1 | 1,000

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