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Stata Inspect
-inspect- describes a numeric variable.
Contents
Usage
inspect foo insepct foo if bar==1 insecpt foo in 1/10
The output includes:
- The variable label
- A histogram showing rough distribution of values, as well as minimum and maximum values
- A count of unique values
- A crosstabulation of aggregated descriptive statistics: categories of negative, zero, and positive values against categories of integer and non-integer values
- A count of missing values
As an example:
. webuse auto
(1978 automobile data)
. inspect mpg
mpg: Mileage (mpg) Number of observations
Total Integers Nonintegers
# Negative - - -
# Zero - - -
# Positive 74 74 -
# #
# # # Total 74 74 -
# # # # . Missing -
12 41 74
(21 unique values)
See also
https://www.stata.com/manuals/dinspect.pdf