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st: RE: Specifying how to center bins and what points to use as estimates in histograms and kernel densities


From   "Nick Cox" <[email protected]>
To   <[email protected]>
Subject   st: RE: Specifying how to center bins and what points to use as estimates in histograms and kernel densities
Date   Sun, 16 Jul 2006 16:54:14 +0100

I think you can ensure that one bin is centred on zero 
by using the -start()- and -width()- options of -histogram-. 
However, -start()- must be at or below the minimum value 
for this to work as you want. 

A similar comment applies to kernel density estimation. 
You might find the -range- command useful. 

In either case, a little mental arithmetic may be necessary. 
So if I go

... , start(-0.025) width(0.01) 

I ensure than one bin is from -0.005 to 0.005. 

Nick 
[email protected] 

Aim�e R. Dechter
> 
>   I would like to analyze the univariate distribution of a continuous
> variable where the vast majority of observations have a single value,
> zero. I would be grateful for advice on how to handle the bins of the
> histograms and kernel density estimates that I am graphing. 
> Specifically I
> would like to find out how I can ensure two things: 1) that 
> Stata always
> uses the value 0 for one of its point estimates, and 2) that 
> Stata always
> create bins, such that the bin that includes the value 0 will 
> always be
> centered around 0. Both restrictions are especially important when
> comparing the histograms and kernel density across sub-populations. I
> would be very grateful for any information on how I might be 
> able to do
> these two things.
> 
>  FYI: The minimum value for the continuous variable is less 
> than zero and
> the maximum is greater than zero. I am looking at the univariate
> distribution of several variables, including the absolute difference
> between two continuous measures, the ratio, the log of the ratio, the
> proportionate difference, etc., and trying to see how the 
> distributions of
> each of these variables differ between two or more subpopulations.

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