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- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 12:21:38 -0900
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- From: DENNIS G FISHER <AFDGF@ALASKA.BITNET>
- Subject: ID Numbers and confidentiality
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- I have a situation with a grad student in which I have access to
- a dataset that includes confidential names that she cannot have
- access to. I want to create a unique identifier so that
- every time the same name shows up in the dataset, that person
- gets the same identifier. We do not have date of birth or
- any other numbers that we could use. The input statement looks something like
- Input month 1-2 day 3-4 year 5-6 firstnam $ 35-42 lastnam $ 43-54 ;
- We are using VMS and can use either 6.06 or 6.07.
- If I could create a unique identifier, then I could just output
- another raw dataset that has the unique identifier and the other
- variables that she needs without the names, transfer that dataset
- to her account, and everything would be fine.
- Thanks in advance for your help.
- Dennis Fisher
- Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies
- University of Alaska Anchorage
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