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Re: st: RE: -statsby- with -tabulate-: confirming output


From   Michael McCulloch <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: RE: -statsby- with -tabulate-: confirming output
Date   Sat, 25 Jan 2014 13:19:28 -0800

Kieran, that works perfectly, thank you!
I've learned a lot about -statsby- from your elegant example. 


Best wishes,
Michael McCulloch

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On Jan 25, 2014, at 12:41 PM, Kieran McCaul wrote:

> ...
> 
> 
> -tab- doesn't return row or column percentages.  The macros r(N), r(r), and r(c) simply contain the total N and the number of rows and columns.
> 
> If you create the variable "choose" as a byte rather than a string variable, the following will give you most of what you need.
> 
> 
> 
> sysuse auto.dta, clear
> 
> gen byte choose = price<6000
> 
> tab foreign choose, row
> statsby total=r(N) nchoose=r(sum) nprop=r(mean), clear by(foreign): summ choose
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Michael McCulloch
> Sent: Sunday, 26 January 2014 2:51 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: st: -statsby- with -tabulate-: confirming output
> 
> Hello,
> I'm seeking to create a table with -statsby-, combined with -tabulate-. 
> Might anybody have an idea why the row percentages calculated with -tab- by itself, are nor reproduced when -tab- is combined with -statsby-?
> Example code:
> 
> sysuse auto.dta,clear
> gen choose="yes" if price<6000
> replace choose="no" if price>=6000
> tab foreign choose, row
> statsby, clear by(foreign): tab foreign choose, row l
> 
> Best wishes,
> Michael McCulloch
> 
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> 124 Pine Street | San Anselmo | California | 94960-2674
> P: (415) 407-1357 | F: (206) 338-2391 | http://www.PineStreetFoundation.org
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