Peter Harper wrote:
> Can tell me the commands to obtain a bottom and top
> quartile. Thanks in advance
You could also use -codebook- towards the same end:
. sysuse auto, clear
(1978 Automobile Data)
. codebook mpg
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--
mpg Mileage
(mpg)
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type: numeric (int)
range: [12,41] units: 1
unique values: 21 missing .: 0/74
mean: 21.2973
std. dev: 5.7855
percentiles: 10% 25% 50% 75% 90%
14 18 20 25 29
C.
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