Dear Statalisters,
I have probably found out the answer to my last Friday thread.
I do hope this may be useful for someone else on the list.
However, a little concern remains about the lack among Stata 9.2/SE commands
of an in-built for calculating the (probably too trivial) probability mass
function for a binomial distribution, which is instead available within the
most widespread spreadsheets.
One more time, my grateful thought go out to Steve and Nick (in order of
appearance in my incoming e-mail folder) for pointing me out the importance
of a step-by-step research in dealing with Stata troubles.
Kind Regards and enjoy your Sunday,
Carlo
---------------------------begin example-------------------------
set obs 21
g id=_n-1
g n=20
g k=_n-1
g p=.2
g Binomial=Binomial( n, k, p)
g PMF_Binomial=1- Binomial if id==20
replace PMF_Binomial=Binomial[_n]- Binomial[_n+1] in 1/20
--------------------------end example----------------------------
-----Messaggio originale-----
Da: Carlo Lazzaro [mailto:[email protected]]
Inviato: venerd� 27 giugno 2008 18.52
A: '[email protected]'
Oggetto: st: mass probability function for a binomial distribution
Dear Statalisters,
since my previous research in the FAQs was unsuccessful, I would like to
know whether is there a way to obtain the mass probability function for a
binomial distribution (n 20; k=4; p=.2) with Stata 9/2 SE.
Thanks a lot for your kindness and for your time.
Kind Regards,
Carlo
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