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Re: [EpiData-list] EpiData-list Digest, Vol 181, Issue 7
by EpiData development and support 28 Apr '19

28 Apr '19

THANK YOUUUU!!!!!!! Dr Pierre-Yves Robillard Réanimation néonatale et pediatrique, néonatologie Centre Hospitalier Régional Groupe Hospitalier Sud-Réunion BP 350. 97448 Saint-Pierre cedex Ile de la réunion _____ From: epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca To: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Sent: Sun, 28 Apr 2019 21:00:14 +0400 Subject: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 181, Issue 7 Send EpiData-list mailing list submissions to epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca You can reach the person managing the list at epidata-list-owner(a)lists.umanitoba.ca When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of EpiData-list digest..." EpiData-list mailing list ___________________________________ Today's Topics: 1. Re: HELP! HOW DO WE CREATE A SMALLEST DATAFIL.REC? (EpiData development and support) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2019 20:40:13 +0200 From: EpiData development and support <epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> To: EpiData development and support <epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> Subject: Re: [EpiData-list] HELP! HOW DO WE CREATE A SMALLEST DATAFIL.REC? Message-ID: <5c7a4cb2-0714-13d8-5b23-bfbbb9f03ca4(a)tbrieder.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Dear Pierre-Yves: Explicitly, you would have - example - a data set that you read and manipulate in EpiData Analysis [classic] as follows: cls close read "original.rec" * Contains variables VAR01, VAR02, .... , VAR19, VAR20 * Has 1200 records * 1) Reduce number of variables * => keep only some variables to your choice: keep var01 var03 var05 var10 var11 var16 * if the converse gives less to write, use: * drop var02 var04 var06 var07 etc * 2) Reduce number of records [assuming sorted by your preference] * Select only the first 500 records: select recnumber<501 * Save the new data set: savedata "reduced_set.rec" /replace * Use the new set: cls close read "reduced_set.rec" * All this is in the superb help file which you get with F1 in EpiData Analysis V2.2.3.187 Best regards, Hans On Apr 26, 2019, at 01:55, EpiData development and support <epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> I need to create a smallest datafile to work on it for logistic regression >> In EPIINFO6 it was very easy. the command was: >> >> >> route c:\data\preclog.rec >> >> write recfile chgt multi capot diaf foam withdraw cream depo rythm pil iud \ >> >> precl \ >> >> >> >> For epidata it is logopen "c:\data\preclog.rec" >> >> but after, write recfile does nor work in Epidata >> >> What is the process please? >> >> Thanks >> >> Dr Pierre-Yves Robillard -- Hans L Rieder, MD, MPH Jetzikofenstr 12 3038 Kirchlindach Switzerland Tel: +41 31 829 4577 Mob: +41 79 321 9122 Skype: hansleonhardrieder Web: http://www.tbrieder.org ------------------------------ ________________________________________ EpiData-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list End of EpiData-list Digest, Vol 181, Issue 7 ********************************************

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HELP! HOW DO WE CREATE A SMALLEST DATAFIL.REC?
by EpiData development and support 27 Apr '19

27 Apr '19

Dear all, I need to create a smallest datafile to work on it for logistic regression In EPIINFO6 it was very easy. the command was: route c:\data\preclog.rec write recfile chgt multi capot diaf foam withdraw cream depo rythm pil iud \ precl \ For epidata it is logopen "c:\data\preclog.rec" but after, write recfile does nor work in Epidata What is the process please? Thanks Dr Pierre-Yves Robillard Réanimation néonatale et pediatrique, néonatologie Centre Hospitalier Régional Groupe Hospitalier Sud-Réunion BP 350. 97448 Saint-Pierre cedex Ile de la réunion _____ From: epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca To: epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca Sent: Fri, 12 Apr 2019 21:00:30 +0400 Subject: EpiData-list Digest, Vol 181, Issue 4 Send EpiData-list mailing list submissions to epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to epidata-list-request(a)lists.umanitoba.ca You can reach the person managing the list at epidata-list-owner(a)lists.umanitoba.ca When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of EpiData-list digest..." EpiData-list mailing list ___________________________________ Today's Topics: 1. Re: Problems appending files (EpiData development and support) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 11 Apr 2019 19:09:30 +0200 From: EpiData development and support <epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> To: EpiData development and support <epidata-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca> Subject: Re: [EpiData-list] Problems appending files Message-ID: <1c40e7a2-df66-7ec2-3a02-ec373ce19e14(a)tbrieder.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Dear Omar Bautista: In the new analysis, this would be the grammar if you would wish to append the four files a.epx, b.epx, c.epx, d.epx and to sa ve them to a new file abcd.epx that you can then use henceforth: cls; read "a.epx"; append !fn := "b.epx"; append !fn := "c.epx"; append !fn := "d.epx"; save "abcd.epx" !replace; Best regards, Hans On 10-Apr-19 20:20, EpiData development and support wrote: > ?Thanks! Very well explained. > > I'm now exporting the data from EpiData using STATA format, on > separate files. And then handling some merge-append functions within > R. I will record the commands to run them as a little R script to make > it more automatic. At least, this is working. But it would be great, > in a near future, to learn how to solve this automatic id problem > within EpiData. > > Cheers, -- Hans L Rieder, MD, MPH Jetzikofenstr 12 3038 Kirchlindach Switzerland Tel: +41 31 829 4577 Mob: +41 79 321 9122 Skype: hansleonhardrieder Web: http://www.tbrieder.org ------------------------------ ________________________________________ EpiData-list(a)lists.umanitoba.ca http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list End of EpiData-list Digest, Vol 181, Issue 4 ********************************************

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Problems appending files
by EpiData development and support 11 Apr '19

11 Apr '19

Hello Jens and EpiData users! I trying to append some EpiData files. But I'm having a problem... I tried the same steps that are illustrated in this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BY6nZ0-k2Bs But I'm having an error that is shown in the attached file. Please, help me! -- Omar Bautista González Colaborador en autogestión comunitaria desde República Dominicana Docente de la Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo

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