Re: st: Descriptive statistics as scalars

["Oleg Badunenko, Netscape" <obadunenko@netscape.net>]

this might help:

. summ x(t)
. scalar mean_xt = r(mean)
. scalar std_xt = r(sd)
. scalar count_ = r(N)

for other possibilities look at "return list" after "summ" routine

oleg.


nayak@bellsouth.net wrote:

> Hello all
>
> I started using stata only about a week ago and hence pardon me for a very
> basic question.
>
> I have a variable x(t)
>
> I want the following scalars for further analysis etc.
> mx = mean(x(t))
> sx = stdev(x(t))
> nx = count(x(t))
>
> How can I asssign these descriptive statistics to scalar variables?
> (I can't find anything in the manual)
>
> Thanks for the help.
>
>
> --- Subh Nayak
>
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