= Stata Summarize =

'''`-summarize-`''' computes summary statistics.

See [[Stata/AggregatingData|here]] for other similar commands.

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== Usage ==

Try:

{{{
summarize foo bar baz
}}}

The command takes `if` and `in` filters and is `by`-able.

A number of useful statistics are returned as scalars:
 * `r(N)`
 * `r(min)`
 * `r(max)`
 * `r(sum)`
 * `r(sum_w)`
 * `r(mean)`
 * `r(Var)`
 * `r(sd)`

The '''`meanonly`''' option is useful for programming and for working with very large datasets. Printed output is suppressed

The '''`detail`''' option calculates even more statistics. Note that it is incompatible with `meanonly`. The additional scalars are:
 * `r(skewness)`
 * `r(kurtosis)`
 * Nth percentiles as `r(pN)`
   * For example, `r(p50)` is the 50th percentile a.k.a. the median.

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== See also ==

[[https://www.stata.com/manuals/rsummarize.pdf|Stata manual for -summarize-]]



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