st: Re: percentages

[Kit Baum <baum@bc.edu>]

sacrificial lamb

Others suggested using the r(p..) values available after summarize,  
detail. You should also be familiar with -xtile-.


Kit Baum, Boston College Economics and DIW Berlin
http://ideas.repec.org/e/pba1.html
An Introduction to Modern Econometrics Using Stata:
http://www.stata-press.com/books/imeus.html


On Apr 30, 2007, at 2:33 AM, Chris wrote:


> I want me to create a "liberal" variable and a "conservative"  
> variable by
> isolating the people who score in the top 25th percentile in a
> composite personal freedoms variable and the bottom 25th percentile in
> a capitalism variable, using various questions from NES.
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