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Nasser_DRMCP
Lapis Lazuli | Level 10

hello,

I have a team with 29 employees (it could change)  in 5 (it could change)  groups .see table HAVE. some groups have 5 employees, and some groups have 6 employees

What I would like to obtain : divide each group into two subgroup with equal number employees whenever it is possible

for groups with 5 employees, get a subgroup number that is 1,1,1,2,2

for groups with 6 employees get a subgroup number that is 1,1,1,2,2,2

 

many thanks in advance for your help

Data have  ;
infile datalines ;
input name $ group $1. subgroup $1. ;
datalines ;
Andrew 1
Barbara 1
Boris 1
Bryan 1
Carla 1
Christophe 2
David 2
Emma 2
Eric 2
Fred 2
Henry 2
Hugo 3
Jamal 3
Jeff 3
Kylian 3
Lionel 3
Maelle 3
Martin 4
Michael 4
Nadia 4
Nasser 4
Paul 4
Robert 4
Sacha 5
Salah 5
Samuel 5
Sophie 5
Stefan 5
Zakia 5
;
run ;
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ballardw
Super User

@Nasser_DRMCP wrote:

hello,

I have a team with 29 employees (it could change)  in 5 (it could change)  groups .see table HAVE. some groups have 5 employees, and some groups have 6 employees

What I would like to obtain : divide each group into two subgroup with equal number employees whenever it is possible

for groups with 5 employees, get a subgroup number that is 1,1,1,2,2

for groups with 6 employees get a subgroup number that is 1,1,1,2,2,2

 

many thanks in advance for your help

Data have  ;
infile datalines ;
input name $ group $1. subgroup $1. ;
datalines ;
Andrew 1
Barbara 1
Boris 1
Bryan 1
Carla 1
Christophe 2
David 2
Emma 2
Eric 2
Fred 2
Henry 2
Hugo 3
Jamal 3
Jeff 3
Kylian 3
Lionel 3
Maelle 3
Martin 4
Michael 4
Nadia 4
Nasser 4
Paul 4
Robert 4
Sacha 5
Salah 5
Samuel 5
Sophie 5
Stefan 5
Zakia 5
;
run ;

This creates a random subgroup:

Data have  ;
infile datalines ;
input name $ group $1. ;
datalines ;
Andrew 1
Barbara 1
Boris 1
Bryan 1
Carla 1
Christophe 2
David 2
Emma 2
Eric 2
Fred 2
Henry 2
Hugo 3
Jamal 3
Jeff 3
Kylian 3
Lionel 3
Maelle 3
Martin 4
Michael 4
Nadia 4
Nasser 4
Paul 4
Robert 4
Sacha 5
Salah 5
Samuel 5
Sophie 5
Stefan 5
Zakia 5
;

proc sort data=have;
   by group;
run;

proc surveyselect data=have 
                 out=want(rename=(groupid=subgroup))
    groups=2;
    strata group;
run;

The proc sort is needed if your data is not sorted by the group to allow use of group as the Strata variable.

The Groups= option randomly assigns each record to one of the number indicated for each strata. The rename on the out= option is to change the name of the automatic variable Groupid created by the Groups= option. Subgroup will be numeric in the output. If you need a character variable then use the Want data set as the input to a data step to create the desired character variable.

 

Suggestion: Group is an option name in multiple SAS procedures. You may want to use a different variable name then group to avoid possible confusion between your variable and the option.

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ballardw
Super User

@Nasser_DRMCP wrote:

hello,

I have a team with 29 employees (it could change)  in 5 (it could change)  groups .see table HAVE. some groups have 5 employees, and some groups have 6 employees

What I would like to obtain : divide each group into two subgroup with equal number employees whenever it is possible

for groups with 5 employees, get a subgroup number that is 1,1,1,2,2

for groups with 6 employees get a subgroup number that is 1,1,1,2,2,2

 

many thanks in advance for your help

Data have  ;
infile datalines ;
input name $ group $1. subgroup $1. ;
datalines ;
Andrew 1
Barbara 1
Boris 1
Bryan 1
Carla 1
Christophe 2
David 2
Emma 2
Eric 2
Fred 2
Henry 2
Hugo 3
Jamal 3
Jeff 3
Kylian 3
Lionel 3
Maelle 3
Martin 4
Michael 4
Nadia 4
Nasser 4
Paul 4
Robert 4
Sacha 5
Salah 5
Samuel 5
Sophie 5
Stefan 5
Zakia 5
;
run ;

This creates a random subgroup:

Data have  ;
infile datalines ;
input name $ group $1. ;
datalines ;
Andrew 1
Barbara 1
Boris 1
Bryan 1
Carla 1
Christophe 2
David 2
Emma 2
Eric 2
Fred 2
Henry 2
Hugo 3
Jamal 3
Jeff 3
Kylian 3
Lionel 3
Maelle 3
Martin 4
Michael 4
Nadia 4
Nasser 4
Paul 4
Robert 4
Sacha 5
Salah 5
Samuel 5
Sophie 5
Stefan 5
Zakia 5
;

proc sort data=have;
   by group;
run;

proc surveyselect data=have 
                 out=want(rename=(groupid=subgroup))
    groups=2;
    strata group;
run;

The proc sort is needed if your data is not sorted by the group to allow use of group as the Strata variable.

The Groups= option randomly assigns each record to one of the number indicated for each strata. The rename on the out= option is to change the name of the automatic variable Groupid created by the Groups= option. Subgroup will be numeric in the output. If you need a character variable then use the Want data set as the input to a data step to create the desired character variable.

 

Suggestion: Group is an option name in multiple SAS procedures. You may want to use a different variable name then group to avoid possible confusion between your variable and the option.

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