I have a question about how to create a summated index.  When I use the
help option, nothing comes up.  I googled stata summated index and it
returned a command called optifact; however, when I entered the term in
the help box, nothing was returned.  Please help.  Example syntx would be 
greatly apprecieated.  
The summated index will be created from five items; each item has the
same four response categories.
Thanks so much.
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