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Re: st: combining results from -tabulate- and -bitest- in the same table


From   Nick Cox <[email protected]>
To   "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject   Re: st: combining results from -tabulate- and -bitest- in the same table
Date   Mon, 4 Nov 2013 18:39:52 +0000

I don't understand the syntax

bitest uti=.> 2

In principle, I would loop over values of -station- and print one line
at a time. The fact that you can get chunks of what you want
separately is mostly a red herring, as you still face the problem of
putting them together without  a lot of editing.

Some of the tips in

SJ-12-1 pr0053  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  Speaking Stata: Output to order
        . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  N. J. Cox
        Q1/12   SJ 12(1):147--158                                (no commands)
        shows basic tips and tricks for presenting Stata output
        in a different way

may help.

Nick
[email protected]


On 4 November 2013 16:29, Michael McCulloch <[email protected]> wrote:
> Apologies for previous incomplete posting. Here is the full message:
>
> I have data of the structure shown below.
>
>    station   uti   correct
>          4     1         1
>          5     0         1
>          1     1         1
>          1     0         1
>          3     0         1
>          3     0         1
>          4     0         1
>          2     0         1
>          3     0         1
>          5     0         1
>          3     0         1
>          4     0         0
>          5     0         1
>          1     1         1
>          1     1         1
>          2     0         1
>          3     0         1
>          1     0         1
>          1     0         1
>          4     0         1
>          1     0         1
>          2     0         1
>
> I wish to combine results of two different tests in the same table generated by Stata. I wish to learn this technique because the table will need to be generated many times from different datasets. The table I envision has the following structure:
>
>         Column A        -bysort station: bitest uti=.> 2-
>         Column B        -tab station correct, row-
>         Column C        confidence intervals for -correct-, stratified by -station-, based on the normal approximation, p+/-1.96(sqrt(p(1-p)/n))
>
> Is this possible to do?
>
>
>
>
> Best wishes,
> Michael McCulloch
>
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