详细的可以查看帮助里面的例子
help fvvarlist
Title
[U] 11.4.3 Factor variables
Description
Factor variables are extensions of varlists of existing variables. When
a command allows factor variables, in addition to typing variable names
from your data, you can type factor variables, which might look like
i.varname
i.varname#i.varname
i.varname#i.varname#i.varname
i.varname##i.varname
i.varname##i.varname##i.varname
Factor variables create indicator variables from categorical variables,
interactions of indicators of categorical variables, interactions of
categorical and continuous variables, and interactions of continuous
variables (polynomials). They are allowed with most estimation and
postestimation commands, along with a few other commands.
There are five factor-variable operators:
Operator Description
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i. unary operator to specify indicators
c. unary operator to treat as continuous
o. unary operator to omit a variable or indicator
# binary operator to specify interactions
## binary operator to specify factorial interactions
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The indicators and interactions created by factor-variable operators are
referred to as virtual variables. They act like variables in varlists
but do not exist in the dataset.
Categorical variables to which factor-variable operators are applied
must contain nonnegative integers with values in the range 0 to 32,740,
inclusive.
Factor variables may be combined with the L. and F. time-series
operators.
Remarks
Remarks are presented under the following headings:
Basic examples
Base levels
Selecting levels
Applying operators to a group of variables
Video examples
Basic examples
Here are some examples of use of the operators:
Factor
specification Result
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i.group indicators for levels of group
i.group#i.sex indicators for each combination of levels of
group and sex, a two-way interaction
group#sex same as i.group#i.sex
group#sex#arm indicators for each combination of levels of
group, sex, and arm, a three-way interaction
group##sex same as i.group i.sex group#sex
group##sex##arm same as i.group i.sex i.arm group#sex group#arm
sex#arm group#sex#arm
sex#c.age two variables -- age for males and 0 elsewhere,
and age for females and 0 elsewhere; if age is
also in the model, one of the two virtual
variables will be treated as a base
sex##c.age same as i.sex age sex#c.age
c.age same as age
c.age#c.age age squared
c.age#c.age#c.age age cubed
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Base levels
You can specify the base level of a factor variable by using the ib.
operator. The syntax is
Base
operator(*) Description
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ib#. use # as base, #=value of variable
ib(##). use the #th ordered value as base (**)
ib(first). use smallest value as base (the default)
ib(last). use largest value as base
ib(freq). use most frequent value as base
ibn. no base level
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(*) The i may be omitted. For instance, you may type ib2.group
or b2.group.
(**) For example, ib(#2). means to use the second value as the
base.
Thus, if you want to use group=3 as the base in a regression, you can
type
. regress y i.sex ib3.group
You can also permanently set the base levels of categorical variables by
using the fvset command.
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