Introduction to t-test: The mean test or t-test is a test used to compare the mean of a variable in a group with a mean of the same variable in another group. For example, we want to compare the mean price of cars produced domestically and cars produced in a foreign country, so we will […]
In Stata, the functionality of commands can be enhanced by adding qualifiers like if and in, and prefixes like by and bysort. Qualifiers are written in the middle of a command to let the command be applied on a specific subset of data. Prefixes are always written at the start of a command and make
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Getting an error in a do file can be wearisome so in this article will explain how you can continue the file even when the do file encounters an error. The capture command or a capture prefix” can facilitate a do file to proceed irrespective of an error. What is the capture command and how
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When there are many variables in the data, you might want to relocate them in a certain manner that will make it easy for you to use them in future. For instance, in larger data sets, it becomes difficult to identify important variables and look them up in data editor. The variables that are used
What is a Loop? When we need to perform certain tasks or operations that are repetitive in nature, or where there is a need to run the same kind of command over and over, we use loops. Loops, in Stata, allow us to run a command (or a set of commands) as many times as
