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Re: st: Summarizing variables
From
Sergiy Radyakin <[email protected]>
To
"[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject
Re: st: Summarizing variables
Date
Wed, 7 Aug 2013 13:37:06 -0400
See this example. Copying to Excel is generally nicer from the browser.
sysuse nlsw88, clear
keep occupation wage
rename occupation practice_code
rename wage weight
sort practice_code
collapse (mean) weight, by(practice_code)
rename weight practwt
list, clean noobs nol
browse, nol
On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 1:20 PM, Nick Cox <[email protected]> wrote:
> This sounds like
>
> tab practice_code, su(practwt)
>
> or perhaps what -groups- (SSC) can do.
>
> Nick
> [email protected]
>
>
> On 7 August 2013 18:13, Lisa Cook <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm trying to output values for two variables using Stata/IC 11.2 for Windows.
>>
>> My dataset includes about 50,000 patients grouped in about 50 primary
>> care practices. I've created some practice-level variables like
>> weights and practice-level means, but I'm having trouble getting Stata
>> to output what I want. My immediate goal is to get Stata to list the
>> practice IDs and practice weights in a table like this:
>>
>> practice_code practwt
>> 120 .034
>> 130 .045
>> etc.
>>
>> I can get Stata to give me the practice weights if I tell it:
>>
>> by practice_code, sort: ta practwt
>>
>> But the output is ugly and impossible to copy into Excel:
>>
>> -> practice_code = 92
>>
>> practwt | Freq. Percent Cum.
>> ------------+-----------------------------------
>> .0068969 | 367 100.00 100.00
>> ------------+-----------------------------------
>> Total | 367 100.00
>>
>> I've downloaded the program "vallist", hoping it would do what I
>> needed, but it doesn't. Any other user-written programs out there? Or
>> is there an option in a built-in program that I should be using?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Lisa
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