I have been looking in -[U] 15.5 Formats: controlling how data are
displayed-, but I cannot seem to find any formats for displaying data to k
significant figures, except for the %w.de formats, which display data in
the form x.ye-z. Ideally, if I have a data set with 1 observation per
estimated parameter and data on confidence intervals and P-values, then I
would like to be able to list the P-values to 2 significant figures, so
that 4.5e-1 would be listed as
0.45
and 4.5e-2 would be listed as
0.045
and 4.5e-5 would be listed as
0.000045
This would display exactly the same information as the e-format, but would
be more easy for my non-statistical colleagues to understand. However, I
haven't found a way of automatng this in Stata, either with %w.df formats
or with %w.dg formats. Is there a way of displaying data to k significant
figures in Stata? Because, if not, it might be a good idea for an item on
the wish list. In the mean time, I might try to write a Stata ado-file to
convert e-format data to significant figures.
Best wishes (and thanks in advance)
Roger
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Roger Newson
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Department of Public Health Sciences
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