Bachrain wrote:
Quite a newbie in Stata I try to get simple frequency tables like
the ones in spss, i. d. frequencies - percent - cumulative percent
- valid percent - valid cumulative percent.
I'm using Stata 8.2. I thought the ados groups.ado and xcontract.ado
could help. But I don't get the result I want to have - just some
simple frequency tables. What's the easiest way to produce such
tables. Do I miss something?
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I think you miss an introductory Stata book; take a look in Stata's
bookstore at www.stata.com.
In the meantime: Here is a short list of some SPSS commands,
together with their Stata counterpart. -tab1- corresponds exactly
to SPSS' FREQUENCIES command.
Hope this helps
Svend
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SPSS command Similar Stata command
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DATA LIST infile; infix; insheet
GET FILE use
SAVE OUTFILE save
VARIABLE LABELS label variable
VALUE LABELS label define followed by
label values
FORMAT sex (F1.0). format sex %1.0f
MISSING VALUES Missing values are special
COMMENT; * * or //
DOCUMENT note
DISPLAY DICTIONARY describe; codebook
COMPUTE generate; replace; egen
IF (sex=1) y=2. generate y=2 if sex==1
RECODE a (5 thru 9=5) INTO agr. recode a (5/9=5) , generate(agr)
DO REPEAT ... END REPEAT for; foreach; forvalues
SELECT IF keep if; drop if
TEMPORARY.
SELECT IF (sex=1). <command> if sex==1
SAMPLE 0.1. sample 10
SPLIT FILE by...:
WEIGHT Weights can be included in most commands
DESCRIPTIVES summarize
FREQUENCIES tabulate; tab1
CROSSTABS tabulate; tab2
MEANS bmi BY agegrp. oneway bmi agegrp, tabulate
T-TEST ttest
LIST list
WRITE outfile; outsheet
SORT CASES BY sort
AGGREGATE collapse
ADD FILES append
MATCH FILES merge
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* For searches and help try:
* http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
* http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
* http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
