RE: st: -estout- updated on SSC

["Clive Nicholas" <Clive.Nicholas@newcastle.ac.uk>]

Ben Jann replied:

> Display formats for coefficients, standard errors etc. may be specified
> within the -cells- option, e.g.
>
>  . estout ... , cells(b(fmt(%9.3f)) ... )

Thanks for this: now I've got what I want (see below). I thought it might
have been the -fmt- option, but wasn't sure how to use it properly. Now I
know!

>> ... and even more so with no line-breaks!
>
> What do you mean here?

Let me show you with some of my own data:

. estout con lab ldm, stats(F r2_a rmse N) cells("b(star)" b(fmt(%9.2f))
t(par)) varwidth(30) modelwidth(10) label
                                       con             lab             ldm
                                       b/t             b/t             b/t
Con vote at ED local electio~        -0.24
                                   (-1.05)
ed4                                   3.05           -1.12
                                    (1.03)         (-0.26)
ed5                                   6.22           -4.70            7.22
                                    (2.25)         (-1.09)          (4.75)
ed6                                   5.40           -5.86            2.81
                                    (2.14)         (-1.51)          (2.61)
ed7                                   0.08            7.82           -2.37
                                    (0.03)          (2.15)         (-1.37)
ed8                                  -3.70            9.13            2.06
                                   (-1.45)          (2.49)          (1.08)
ed9                                  -1.66            4.64            0.82
                                   (-0.62)          (1.31)          (0.51)
ed10                                  1.57            8.64           -4.88
                                    (0.60)          (2.66)         (-3.15)
ed11                                 -8.23           21.15           -3.73
                                   (-3.67)          (6.37)         (-1.78)
ed12                                 -3.51           16.33            0.22
                                   (-1.24)          (4.02)          (0.13)
ed13                                  5.12            1.43           -1.81
                                    (1.73)          (0.43)         (-1.22)
Ch in turnout (%) in English~s        0.24           -0.07            0.02
                                    (3.59)         (-1.22)          (0.38)
Ch in Con vote (%) at previo~G       -0.20           -0.08           -0.02
                                   (-1.08)         (-0.31)         (-0.14)
Ch in Lab vote (%) at previo~G        0.01           -0.45            0.21
                                    (0.05)         (-1.98)          (1.39)
Ch in Lib Dem vote (%) at pr~o        0.10           -0.01            0.11
                                    (0.59)         (-0.04)          (0.72)
Con-Lab margin at last GE, %          0.20           -0.42
                                    (4.92)         (-3.93)
Con-LibDem margin at last GE~%        0.27                           -0.02
                                    (3.45)                         (-0.47)
Con finishing position at la~g       -0.25
                                   (-0.24)
Party competition index at E~i       -9.81           -7.70            0.87
                                  (-12.98)         (-5.58)          (1.16)
Social class balance ([class~1        0.07           -0.28            0.04
                                    (1.85)         (-4.71)          (1.23)
Lab vote at ED local electio~                        -0.76
                                                   (-3.93)
Lab-LibDem margin at last GE~%                        0.28           -0.21
                                                    (4.12)         (-3.82)
Lab finishing position at la~g                        1.17
                                                    (0.80)
Lib Dem vote at ED local ele~o                                       -0.04
                                                                   (-0.20)
ed3                                                                  -4.15
                                                                   (-1.29)
Lib-Dem finishing position a~a                                       -0.80
                                                                   (-0.84)
_cons                                69.85           70.42           25.36
                                    (8.30)          (7.68)          (3.50)
F                                    58.18           44.13           28.40
r2_a
rmse
N                                  1842.00         1842.00         1842.00

Now that I've shaved off most of the coefficients' digits, this output
looks a lot neater. However, if you left the -fmt- option off and, for
some reason, you wanted to show the coefficients as is, then (to -sysuse
auto-):

. estout auto, stats(F r2_a rmse N) cells("b(star)" t(par)) varwidth(30)
modelwidth(10) label
                                      auto
                                       b/t
Mileage (mpg)                    -21.80518
                                (-.2818667)
Repair Record 1978                184.7935
                                (.5569557)
Headroom (in.)                   -635.4921
                                (-1.659143)
Trunk space (cu. ft.)             71.49929
                                (.7522273)
Weight (lbs.)                     4.521161**
                                (3.202124)
Length (in.)                     -76.49101
                                 (-1.8932)
Turn Circle (ft.)                -114.2777
                                (-.9250453)
Displacement (cu. in.)            11.54012
                                 (1.37738)
Gear Ratio                       -318.6479
                                (-.2834088)
Car type                          3334.848***
                                 (3.48387)
_cons                             9789.494
                                (1.458899)
F                                 8.658513
r2_a                              .5296889
rmse                              1997.329
N                                       69

looks a lot messier without inserting line breaks in between rows. At
least that's what I think, anyway. However, it's your call. :) Ta.

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