Speaking Stata: Problems with tables, Part I

Abstract

Tables in some form or another are part and parcel of data management and analysis. The main general-purpose tabulation commands, tabulate, table, and tabstat, are reviewed and compared. When these do not provide a tabulation solution, one key strategy is to prepare the material for tabulation as a set of variables, after which the table itself can be presented with tabdisp or list. This is the first of two papers on this topic. Copyright 2003 by StataCorp LP.tables, tabulate, table, tabstat, tabdisp, list