st: Re: log to the base 2

[David Airey <david.airey@vanderbilt.edu>]

> What matters here is what StataCorp thought when
> choosing which functions to implement.
>
> The point is when to stop. If another base other than
> e and 10 were to be supplied, it would certainly be base 2.
> However, I don't think that logs base 2 are especially
> often needed in statistical work -- if they were this
> would be an FAQ because many others would have the
> same question as you -- and as the work-around is easy
> I guess StataCorp decided to stop short.
>
> Nick
> n.j.cox@durham.ac.uk
log base 2 is used frequently if not all the time in microarray  
statistical analysis
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