Re: st: increase digits after decimal point in p value

["Elizabeth Allred" <lizard@hsph.harvard.edu>]

Elegant. Thanks, Austin!

Liz

On 7/12/2011 at  4:49 PM, in message
<CAGkAVYL+8JkNusxUU0o4TssVwuwbP2Z4hG-U5uC=e1-U9U1Qqg@mail.gmail.com>, Austin
Nichols <austinnichols@gmail.com> wrote:
> Elizabeth Allred <lizard@hsph.harvard.edu>:
> 
> With that many, you probably want -capture- rather than quietly, and
> you need to decide what to do with errors.  Better to write out a file
> with e.g. -post- that allows subsequent analysis, rather than looking
> at reams of output.  You might also want to analyze power...
> 
> set seed 1
> mat c=(1,.1\ .1,1)
> drawnorm y x, n(3600) clear corr(c)
> replace y=y>0
> replace x=x>0
> tempname o
> postfile `o' number pexact c11 c12 c21 c22 using pexact, replace
> forv i=1/3500 {
>  cap ta y x in `i'/`=`i'+100', exact matcell(C)
>  if _rc==0 &rowsof(C)==2&colsof(C)==2 {
>  if r(p_exact)<.05/3500 {
>   mat li C
>   di "Fisher's exact p=" r(p_exact)
>   }
>  post `o' (`i' ) (`r(p_exact)') (`=C[1,1]') (`=C[1,2]') (`=C[2,1]') 
> (`=C[2,2]')
>  }
>  }
> postclose `o'
> use pexact, clear
> tw kdensity pexact
> 
> Under the null:
> 
> drawnorm y x, n(3600) clear seed(1)
> replace y=y>0
> replace x=x>0
> tempname o
> postfile `o' number pexact c11 c12 c21 c22 using pexact, replace
> forv i=1/3500 {
>  cap ta y x in `i'/`=`i'+100', exact matcell(C)
>   if _rc==0 &rowsof(C)==2&colsof(C)==2 {
>   if r(p_exact)<.05/3500 {
>    mat li C
>    di "Fisher's exact p=" r(p_exact)
>    }
> post `o' (`i' ) (`r(p_exact)') (`=C[1,1]') (`=C[1,2]') (`=C[2,1]') 
> (`=C[2,2]')
>   }
>  }
> postclose `o'
> use pexact, clear
> tw kdensity pexact
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 3:37 PM, Elizabeth Allred
> <lizard@hsph.harvard.edu> wrote:
>> Thanks Austin,
>>
>> For the table I showed, I get:
>>
>> scalars:
>>                  r(N) =  861
>>                  r(r) =  2
>>                  r(c) =  2
>>            r(p_exact) =  4.79750510923e-07
>>           r(p1_exact) =  2.92991198169e-07
>>
>> I'm interested in the two sided p so I did:
>>
>> ret li p_exact
>>
>> scalar r(p_exact)  =  4.79750510923e-07
>>
>> Unfortunately what I'm actually doing is around 3500 tables and I'd really 
> like to scan the output and see:
>>
>> Fisher's exact =                 0.00000
>>
>> so I can quickly pick out tables with p < .00001. I really do want to change 
> the display format!
>>
>> Liz
>>
>> On 7/12/2011 at  3:14 PM, in message
>> <CAGkAVYKJM9AKAmObHFpa7Y1TajS+655otdAsUGhRvKSr6T3_+Q@mail.gmail.com>, Austin
>> Nichols <austinnichols@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Elizabeth Allred <lizard@hsph.harvard.edu> :
>>>
>>> sysuse auto, clear
>>> ta rep78 for, exact
>>> ret li
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Elizabeth Allred
>>> <lizard@hsph.harvard.edu> wrote:
>>>> I need to see 5 digits after the decimal point for the Fisher's exact test
>>> in a tabulate request. It only shows digits.
>>>>
>>>> tab x y, exact
>>>>
>>>>                          y
>>>>         x |         0          1 |     Total
>>>> -----------+----------------------+----------
>>>>         0 |       512        133 |       645
>>>>         1 |       133         83 |       216
>>>> -----------+----------------------+----------
>>>>     Total |       645        216 |       861
>>>>
>>>>           Fisher's exact =                 0.000
>>>>   1-sided Fisher's exact =                 0.000
>>>>
>>>> Tabulate is a "built-in" command so I can't go in and change the display
>>> format.
>>>>
>>>> How can I get what I need??
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