STATA 11 for Windows SAMPLE SESSION - Food Security Group ...

Stata 11 Sample Session Section 3 – Tables and other Types of Analysis
TABLE:1 Food Production in calories per adult equivalent per day (Mean, Maximum and Minimum)
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| Calorie production quartile
district | 1 2 3 4 Total
----------+---------------------------------------------------------------monapo
| 1,248.70 2,539.36 3,997.49 9,150.02 4,206.51
| 1,972.67 3,175.78 5,066.72 28,465.75 28,465.75
| 294.10 1,984.11 3,225.95 5,107.12 294.10
|
ribaue | 1,502.24 2,554.49 4,062.53 7,607.72 3,900.85
| 2,030.40 3,141.39 4,983.72 13,123.97 13,123.97
| 429.29 2,082.42 3,190.41 5,151.59 429.29
|
angoche | 1,297.97 2,465.51 3,698.81 8,495.49 3,950.26
| 2,023.65 2,996.37 4,691.52 20,485.10 20,485.10
| 353.88 2,037.20 3,009.46 5,021.75 353.88
|
Total | 1,352.55 2,519.74 3,919.46 8,399.38 4,014.55
| 2,030.40 3,175.78 5,066.72 28,465.75 28,465.75
| 294.10 1,984.11 3,009.46 5,021.75 294.10
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The table command permits you to specify more than one
variable to summarize and also permits formatting of the
contents of the table.
Print a table from the Viewer
by district quart sort: summarize cprod_ae
tabulate district quart, summarize(cprod_ae)
nostandard nofreq noobs
table district quart, contents( mean cprod_ae max
cprod_ae min cprod_ae ) row col format(%11.2fc)
A simple way to print a table, you have just created, is to open
the Viewer, select the table and print.
1. Open the Viewer - Click on File then View. A dialog
box opens, asking for the name of the file
2. Click on the Browse button and select the file
session3.smcl and click on Ok
3. Scroll down to the table you want to print and block it.
4. Click on File then Print then Viewer. The Print dialog
box opens. Under Page Range click on the radio
button next to Selection. Then click on Print .
5. Another dialog box opens labeled Output Settings In
this box you can specify a Header, a Name and a Project.
If you do not want line numbers and the Stata logo to
print, you should remove the ticks next to the boxes
labeled Print Line #’s and Print Logo.
6. Click on Ok to print the selection.
Exercise 3.1 Produce a similarly formatted table using calories retained using
the data file that was created in Exercise 2.1. Include totals by
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