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help for ^calcmenu^                                               (STB-56: sbe35)
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Menus for epidemiological statistics
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^calcmenu^ provides a pull-down menu system for accessing the immediate
versions of the @epitab@ commands, via a menu called Epicalc, and also
loads the Calculator menu of the StataQuest additions to Stata
(if StataQuest has been installed).

^calcmenu^ requires Stata 6 and needs an @update@ of Stata 6 no older than
August 1999 in order to avoid problems with the ^more^ function.

^calcmenu^ will not interfere with Stata's normal operation.

To use ^calcmenu^, simply type ^calcmenu^ or ^calcmenu on^.  This has the
effect of causing two new menus to appear in Stata's menu bar: Calculator and
Epicalc.

To switch off these new menus, you may type ^calcmenu off^.

Without StataQuest loaded, the commands under the Calculator menu will 
not work.  For information and installation instructions for the StataQuest 
additions, refer to Stata's web site by going to @http:\\www.stata.com@ from 
the "STB and User-written programs" screen of the Help menu.  


The Epicalc menu: tables for epidemiologists
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The Epicalc menu can be used to perform the immediate versions of the commands
that analyse tables of epidemiologic data, i.e. ^iri^, ^csi^, ^cci^ and ^mcci^ 
(see help @epitab@ or [R] epitab).

All options allowed by ^iri^, ^csi^, ^cci^ and ^mcci^ are available using
check-boxes, but we would suggest that the approximate confidence intervals
obtained by specifying "Test-based CI's" (all commands) or "Woolf
approximation" (for odds ratios in ^cci^, ^csi^) are inferior to the default
methods.


The Calculator menu from StataQuest
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The Calculator menu can be used to perform the immediate versions of normal 
tests of means (z-tests), t-tests, tests of proportions, tests of variance 
and confidence intervals.  It also accesses statistical tables (Normal, 
Student's t, F,  Chi-squared, Binomial and Poisson) and contains two 
calculators (Standard and RPN).


Remarks
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1.	To return control to the Command window, the Dialog box started by 
	either the Epicalc or Calculator menus must be closed by clicking 
	Cancel.	 Alternatively, one or more input settings may be changed 
	and the same immediate command run again.

2.	If a ^more^ condition is encountered (the Results screen fills before 
	the completion of a menu-issued command), it must be cleared using the 
	Go button on the toolbar. (An error message will issue if the keyboard 
	is used.)

3.	If the dialog box becomes obscured by the Results or other window, it 
	has to be restored to view using the Dialog button.
	
4.	^calcmenu^ and ^quest^ should not be on simultaneously, and problems
	arise if you attempt to run ^quest^ with ^calcmenu^ already on.


Authors
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        Suzanna Vidmar  
        Royal Children's Hospital Research Institute and 
        University of Melbourne
        Melbourne, Australia
        vidmars@@cryptic.rch.unimelb.edu.au

        John Carlin
        Royal Children's Hospital Research Institute and 
        University of Melbourne
        Melbourne, Australia
        j.carlin@@medicine.unimelb.edu.au


Also see
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 Manual:  ^[R] epitab^
On-line:  help for @epitab@, @immed@