Re: st: comparing groups with categorical variables

[Jeph Herrin <junk@spandrel.net>]

In addition to Maarten's hint, you might try

 -help tabulate twoway-

hth,
Jeph


Maarten buis wrote:
> --- On Tue, 23/3/10, Ariel Orson wrote:
> > How do I compare groups with categorical variables?
> > Say I have three groups: men, women and children. I have
> > data on whether their favorite choice of media is book,
> > newspaper, TV or film.
> > How do I test whether their tastes are statistically
> > different from each other with Stata?
>
> Sounds like a homework question to me, so I will
> only give a hint:
>
> -help mlogit- in combination with -help test-
>
> -- Maarten
>
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