Re: st: RE: statalist-digest V4 #4382

[Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com>]

Nothing stops you using them both, but they don't feed one another.
-groups-'s main claim to fame in this context is its support for
showing classes with zero frequency.

Nick

On Tue, Jan 3, 2012 at 7:11 PM, Elizabeth Knaster <ElizabethK@uihi.org> wrote:
> Thanks for the reply, Nick.
>
> Can -groups- be used with -tabout-?
>
> Liz
>
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> Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2011 15:04:18 +0000
> From: Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: st: Tabout including all categories
>
> Expecting -tabout- to know about -fre- just won't work (both SSC).
>
> One alternative is -groups- (SSC).
>
> Nick
>
>
> On 28 Dec 2011, at 17:35, Elizabeth Knaster <ElizabethK@uihi.org> wrote:
>
>> Thanks for your reply. Yes, I meant to say "cells with zero
>> frequencies." Any ideas?
>>
>> Take care,
>>
>> Liz
>>
>> Elizabeth Knaster, MPH
>> Project Coordinator
>> Urban Indian Health Institute
>> Seattle Indian Health Board
>> Phone: 206-812-3032
>> Fax: 206-812-3044
>> Email: ElizabethK@uihi.org
>>
>> Sign up for the UIHI's Weekly Resource E-mail here or subscribe at http://www.uihi.org/
>> .  The Weekly Resource E-mail is UIHI's primary communication on
>> opportunities for staff development, grant announcements and other
>> relevant public health information.
>>
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>> Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2011 20:22:56 +0000
>> From: Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com>
>> Subject: Re: st: Tabout including all categories
>>
>> Showing zero values is not a problem with any tabulation command. Do
>> you mean cells with zero frequencies?
>>
>> Nick
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 7:31 PM, Elizabeth Knaster <ElizabethK@uihi.org
>> > wrote:
>>> Hello! I could use some help with tabout:
>>>
>>> I want to use tabout to produce tables with all categories of a
>>> variable, even if the value is equal to zero. I have installed fre
>>> from SSC and have successfully used includelabeled, for example,
>>> "fre agecat, includelabeled" but I am unable to use
>>> "includelabeled" with tabout. Is there a way to incorporate fre and
>>> includelabeled in the tabout syntax? Or is there some other way to
>>> have tabout display all categories of a variable, including zero?
>>>
>>> This is the current code I am using, for reference:
>>>
>>> foreach var0 in sex agecat durdmcat dmtype BMIcat   {
>>> tabout `var0' year using "AllSitesTrends.xls", append mi c(freq
>>> col) f(0 3p) clab(N %)
>>> }

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