Please do not repeat lengthy previous posts. You can delete all that
isn't relevant.
Tony
Peter A. Lachenbruch
Department of Public Health
Oregon State University
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-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Evans Jadotte
Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 7:32 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: AW: st: AW: Hello listers
Martin Weiss wrote:
> <>
>
> -cumul- takes given values and forms the cumulative distribution
function.
> These values could be distributed according to any density. -normal-
gives
> you the cumulative of the normal, and -normalden- gives you the
density
> function of the normal.
>
> *************
> clear*
> set obs 10000
>
> gen x=-5+10*runiform()
>
> gen z=normalden(x)
> cumul z, gen(cumz)
>
> line z x, sort name(den, replace) /*
> */ nodraw
>
> gen y=rnormal()
>
> cumul y, gen(cumy)
>
> line cumy y, sort name(cumul, replace) /*
> */ nodraw
>
> gr combine den cumul
> *************
>
> Note the -egen, std()- function for your standardization purposes
(such as
> your x and z)...
>
> HTH
> Martin
Many lines deleted
Many thanks Martin!
Simple stuff can sometimes make one lose precious time when knowledge is
lacking!
Evans
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