On 2/26/06, Jian Zhang <[email protected]> wrote:
> Dear STATA users,
>
> I have a question about making a table using STATA. I couldn't figure out
> how to make it. Hope that you could help me.
>
> The table that I need has the following format:
>
> group1 group2 group3
> variabel 1
> variabel 2
> variabel 3
>
> The celles are filled with variable means for each group and for each
> varialbe. For example, the first cell (row 1 and column 1) is the mean of
> variable 1 for group 1.
>
> I know that I can use command table to make the following table:
>
> table group, by(mean variable1 mean variable2 mean variable3)
>
> variable1 variable2 variable3
> group1
> group2
> group3
>
>
> Since I have so many variables and groups, it would take too much time to
> convert the format of the secon table to that of the first table
> manually. I wonder if there is a shortcut way in which I could directly
> generate the first table?
>
You could transpose your data first using the -xpose- command. See
-man xpose- for full details on how to transpose your data.
> A related question is that: is there an option in command table or in
> other commands that we could automatically indicate the statistical
> signifance of the difference between groups for same variables on the
> tables? I looked through the help file for command table and did not find
> such options. Do I need to use command ttest for each group and for each
> variable and then manually indicate the statistical significance on the table?
>
No, table does not support such tests, you need to perform the tests
manually and then tabulate the results.
Depending on what tests you are performing you may find -parmest- or
-estout- useful. To find out more on these commands type...
. ssc describe parmest
or
. ssc describe estout
Neil
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