st: R: on counting and fractions in stata

["Carlo Lazzaro" <carlo.lazzaro@tin.it>]

Dear Rado,
I do hope that the following code (in Stata9.2/SE) can help:
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set obs 10
g y=10*uniform()
g threshold=3
g threshold_exc=1 if y> threshold
replace  threshold_exc=0 if  y<=threshold
sum  threshold_exc
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Kindest Regards,
Carlo
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Inviato: giovedì 27 ottobre 2011 13.39
A: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
Oggetto: st: on counting and fractions in stata

Dear all,

I face the following problem in Stata:

I have a series of daily observations on a given variable and I also have
one estimate of this variable that serves as a threshold. 


I would like to estimate how many times this threshold is exceeded by
comparing the value of this estimate with the available data on daily
observations. Is it possible to estimate fractions in Stata in this
particular way? 


Below is a simple example: 


series   estimate: 3.1
1.2
2.1
3.2
1.01

Given this data,I would like to get the following estimates (comments in
brackets):

count:1 (threshold is exceeded only once)
fraction: 1/4=0.25 (one out of 4 cases)



Many thanks in advance.

Rado


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