st: re: table for differences in means test

[Kit Baum <baum@bc.edu>]

Hugh writes

I tried using this code

qui {

noi di "Variable`=char(9)'N1`=char(9)'Mean1`=char(9)'N2`=char 
(9)'Mean2`=char(9)'p-value"

foreach var of varlist q52-q61 {
cap ttest `var', by (q2q6)

noi di as text "`var'`=char(9)'" as result  %8.0f `r(count)'
"`=char(9)'" %8.2f `r(mu_1)' "`=char(9)'" %8.2f `r(p)'
}
}


If you do

sysuse auto
ttest price, by(foreign)
return list

you see that r(N_1) and r(N_2) contain the counts in the two  
categories. There is no r(count).
You probably want to include both r(mu_1) and r(mu_2) in your display  
statement if you want to
see the means of each category.



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


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