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What happens when you run this example? Works for me...
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clear*
set obs 10000
gen byte dropout=/*
*/runiform()<0.3
gen pincp=rnormal()
gen pwgpt=1+int(10*runiform())
cumul pincp if dropout==1 /*
*/[fweight=pwgpt], gen(incdrop)
line incdrop pincp/*
*/ if dropout==1, sort
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HTH
Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Holly Kosiewicz
Sent: Dienstag, 8. September 2009 20:46
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: RE: RE: RE: RE: distribution curve with svy
I know Stata is a bit finicky at times, but I just eliminated the space and
Stata is still telling me I am using invalid syntax. The space is not the
problem.
-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Weiss [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 2:42 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: RE: RE: RE: distribution curve with svy
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No blank after -gen-! Just " gen(incdrop)"
HTH
Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Holly Kosiewicz
Sent: Dienstag, 8. September 2009 20:28
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: RE: RE: distribution curve with svy
Hi Martin,
Thanks very much for your help. It seems as though this command may work.
Unfortunately, when I type "cumul pincp if dropout==1 [fweight=pwgpt], gen
(incdrop)", stata tells me I am using an invalid syntax. It seems as though
I am following the syntax given in the help window for cumul so I can't tell
where Stata is finding the error.
Any thoughts?
Thanks again, Holly
-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Weiss [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 08, 2009 1:46 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: RE: distribution curve with svy
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How about the second example in -help cumul-?
HTH
Martin
-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Holly Kosiewicz
Sent: Dienstag, 8. September 2009 19:24
To: [email protected]
Subject: st: distribution curve with svy
Hi Statalist,
I currently have a dataset that contains a sample of individuals; this
dataset also contains a final weight variable that can be used to generate
population estimates.
I would like to draw a distribution curve of a variable that measures
income, by the educational attainment level of the individual. The end goal
is to see two distributional curves - each curve representing a population
with a specific educational attainment level - one superimposed on the
other, and compare them. Ideally, I would make these comparisons based on
the population, not on the sample.
The first thing that came to mind was a histogram command, but I noticed
that the only curve that it can generate is a normal curve. That's not what
I want. Then I thought about using a graph twoway scatterplot, but that too
does not produce the distributional curve that I want. Any thoughts?
Many thanks in advance.
Best,
Holly Kosiewicz, M.A.
Research Associate
Research Center
Editorial Projects in Education, Inc.
6935 Arlington Road
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
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