The best way is to create a new variable from the old var Then pursue with the analysis. Alternatively, you should work on the original file .rec then .che before moving on the analytical part.

Best wishes Tieble

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Message: 1 Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:30:28 +0530 From: epidata-list@lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: [EpiData-list] losing checks after inserting new variables and saving data in Epidata Analysis To: epidata-list@lists.umanitoba.ca Message-ID: 367f37ad0909240000u631a3637i4dec713b968ce095@mail.gmail.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1

I am losing all my checks in the rec file after I insert new variables using Epidata Analysis and saving the file using command savedata. Please advise how to retail my file structure as well as checks after I insert some new variables using Epidata Analysis.

-- Ajay Kumar Reddy

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Message: 2 Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2009 07:34:09 -0400 From: epidata-list@lists.umanitoba.ca Subject: Re: [EpiData-list] losing checks after inserting new variables and saving data in Epidata Analysis To: epidata-list@lists.umanitoba.ca Message-ID: 4ABB5931.2000905@sympatico.ca Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed

I have not had that problem using the current release. You can check the version of Analysis under the help menu. When you SAVEDATA, Analysis does create the corresponding .chk along with any new label values you created for the new variables. You should be saving to a different file name.

What you can do if you continue to have this problem is to manually copy the .chk for the original file to a new .chk that matches the file created with SAVEDATA.

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I am losing all my checks in the rec file after I insert new variables

using

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Epidata Analysis and saving the file using command savedata. Please

advise

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how to retail my file structure as well as checks after I insert some new variables using Epidata Analysis.

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