.e SJ-6-4 @net: sj 6-4 st0111!st0111@
.c sj
.a C. Brzinsky-Fay, U. Kohler, and M. Luniak
.t Sequence analysis with Stata
.k stat-istics
.k sqdemo sqclusterdat sqclustermat sqdes sqindexplot sqom sqparcoord sqset
.k sqstatlist sqstatsum sqstattab1 sqstatab2 sqstattabsum sqtab seq-uences
.k seq-uential anal-ysis optimal match-ed match-ing match-es clus-ters
.k clus-tering panel-s data longi-tudinal index plot-s sq-ados
.k needleman wunsch algor-ithms freq-uency tab-les descrip-tive paral-lel
.k coor-dinates compar-isons levenshtein distance-s group-s group-ing
.k concentra-tion command-s graph-s graph-ing graph-ics egen gen-erate
.k _gsqelemcount sqelemcount _gsqgapcount sqgapcount _gsqitemcount sqitemcount
.k _gsqepicount sqepicount _gsqgaplength sqgaplength _gsqlength sqlength
.x
	(help @sq@, @sqclusterdat@, @sqclustermat@, @sqdemo@, @sqdes@,
	@sqegen@, @sqindexplot@, @sqom@, @sqparcoord@, @sqset@, @sqstat@,
	@sqtab@ if installed)
	Q4/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0111!SJ 6(4):435--460@
	describes a general strategy to analyze sequence data and
	introduces the SQ-Ados bundle of Stata programs implementing
	that strategy

.e SJ-6-4 @net: sj 6-4 st0112!st0112@
.c sj
.a M. Andrews, T. Schank, and R. Upward
.t Fixed-effects est. methods for 3-way error-components model
.k stat-istics
.k group-s group-ing link-ed panel-s data fix-ed effect-s two-way way
.k three-way way 3-way error-s compon-ents model-s meth-ods spell-s least
.k sq-uares dum-my dum-mies var-iables lsdv linear xt-reg xt-mixed
.k min-imums distance-s cmd post-estimation anal-ysis time invariant
.k feilsdvj
.o @grouping@ if installed
.x
	Q4/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0112!SJ 6(4):461--481@
	discusses practical methods for fixed-effects estimation
	methods for the three-way error-components model

.e SJ-6-4 @net: sj 6-4 st0113!st0113@
.c sj
.a R. E. De Hoyos and V. Sarafidis
.t Testing for cross-sectional dependence in panel-data models
.k stat-istics
.k xt-csd panel-s data cross section-al depend-ence unit-s time-series series
.k obs-ervations friedman test-s model-s xt-scc xt-test2 lagrange
.k multipli-er pesaran-s frees sq-uared rank-s corr-elate corr-elations
.k coef-ficients command-s fix-ed effect-s rand-om
.o @xtcsd@ if installed
.x
	Q4/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0113!SJ 6(4):482--496@
	tests for the presence of cross-sectional dependence in
	panels with many cross-sectional units and few time-series
	observations

.e SJ-6-4 @net: sj 6-4 snp15_7!snp15_7@
.c sj
.a R. Newson
.t CIs for rank stat: Percentile slopes, differences, & ratios
.k stat-istics
.k censlope alspac robust conf-idence interv-als rank-sums sum-s
.k non param-etric nonpar-ametric test-s test-ing somers_p harrell-s c
.k roc receiver-s operating curv-es auc area under gini index
.k corr-elate corr-elations assoc-iations wilcox-on
.k jack-knifed jack-nifed clus-ters clus-tering
.k med-ians percent-iles slope-s diff-erences ratio-s kendall-s tau somer-sd d
.k theil-sen sen hodges lehmann conf-ounder adjust-ed propensity scor-es
.k compar-isons exist-ing method-s bina-ry var-iables param-eters cendif
.k censlope_iter-ations mata func-tions _bcsf_brac-keting bcsf_brac-keting
.k bisect-ion _bcsf_bis-ect bcsf_bis-ect _bcsf_reg-ula bcsf_reg-ula
.k ridder-s _bcsf_rid-ders bcsf_rid-ders _blncdtree blncdtree tidot-tree
.k search tree-s _somdtr-ansf somdtr-ansf _u2jack-pseud _v2jack-pseud
.x
	(help @cendif@, @censlope@, @censlope_iteration@,
	@mata bcsf_bracketing()@, @mata blncdtree()@, @mata somdtransf()@,
	@mata u2jackpseud()@, @somersd@, @somersd_mata@ if installed)
	Q4/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=snp15_7!SJ 6(4):497--520@
	calculates confidence intervals for generalized Theil-Sen
	median (and other percentile) slopes (and per-unit ratios)
	of Y with respect to X; help files also document supporting
	Mata functions

.e SJ-6-4 st0114
.c sj
.a A. R. Hole
.t Murphy-Topel variance est. in Stata: A simplified procedure
.k stat-istics
.k two-step step est-imation est-imates murphy-topel topel est-imator
.k variance-s model-s scor-es opt-ions pred-ict
.x
	Q4/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0114!SJ 6(4):521--529@				    (no commands)
	shows how the calculation of the Murphy-Topel variance
	estimator for two-step models can be simplified in Stata
	by using the ^scores^ option of @predict@

.e SJ-6-4 st0115
.c sj
.a J. Thompson, T. Palmer, and S. Moreno
.t Bayesian analysis in Stata with WinBUGS
.k stat-istics
.k wbarray wbdata wbscalar wbstructure wbvector wbrun wbscript wbcoda wbac
.k wbbgr wbgeweke wbintervals wbsection wbrace wbstats wbdensity wbdic wbbull
.k wbdecode bayes-ian meth-ods mcmc gibbs samp-les samp-ling win-bugs model-s
.k fit-ting anal-ysis post-erior prob-abilities prior mark-ov chain monte
.k carlo metropolis hastings algor-ithms run-ning stata data
.k transfe-r coda ado-files file-s simul-ations
.x
	(see @browser:http://www.hs.le.ac.uk/research/HCG/winbugsfromstata/!http://www.hs.le.ac.uk/research/HCG/winbugsfromstata/@
	for program download instructions)
	Q4/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0115!SJ 6(4):530--549@
	discusses WinBUGS, a program for Bayesian model fitting
	by Gibbs sampling and how to run the program with Stata

.e SJ-6-4 pr0025
.c sj
.a W. Gould
.t Mata matters: Precision
.k mata matr-ix matr-ices
.k float-s float-ing point bina-ry hex-adecimal num-eric stor-age
.k nota-tion digit-s base num-bers stor-e manip-ulation inte-gers byte-s int-s
.k long-s real value-s endian lohi hilo
.k precis-ion
.x
	Q4/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=pr0025!SJ 6(4):550--560@				    (no commands)
	looks at programming implications of the floating-point,
	base-2 encoding that modern computers use

.e SJ-6-4 st0116
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Speaking Stata: In praise of trigonometric predictors
.k stat-istics circular reg-ressions fourier harmon-ic period-ic poly-nomials
.k period-s trig-onometric sin-e cos-ine pred-ictor
.x
	Q4/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0116!SJ 6(4):561--579@				    (no commands)
	discusses the use of sine and cosine as predictors in
	modeling periodic time series and other kinds of periodic
	responses

.e SJ-6-4 gn0034
.c sj
.a J. Carlin
.t Review of ^An Intro. to Stata for Health Researchers^ by Juul
.k book-s text-s review juul intro-duction
.k stat-istics teach-ing book-store learn-ing stata
.k biostat-istics epi-demiological epi-demiology health research-ers
.x
	Q4/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gn0034!SJ 6(4):580--583@				    (no commands)
	book review of ^An Introduction to Stata for Health^
	^Researchers^ by Juul (2006)

.e SJ-6-4 gn0035
.c sj
.a S. W. Allard
.t Review of ^A Stata Companion to Political Analysis^ by Pollock
.k book-s text-s review pollock
.k stat-istics teach-ing book-store politic-al anal-ysis intro-duction
.x
	Q4/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gn0035!SJ 6(4):584--587@				    (no commands)
	book review of ^A Stata Companion to Political Analysis^
	by Pollock (2006)

.e SJ-6-4 pr0026
.c sj
.a C. F. Baum
.t Stata tip 37: And the last shall be first
.k mata matr-ix matr-ices vec-tors colu-mns row-s switch-ing flipud fliplr
.k tip
.x
	Q4/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=pr0026!SJ 6(4):588--589@				    (no commands)
	tip for flipping a Mata matrix along its rows or columns

.e SJ-6-4 st0117
.c sj
.a C. F. Baum
.t Stata tip 38: Testing for groupwise heteroskedasticity
.k stat-istics group-s hetero-skedasticity hetero-scedasticity test-s test-ing
.k f equal-ity disturb-ances variance-s robvar
.k tip
.x
	Q4/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0117!SJ 6(4):590--592@				    (no commands)
	tip for testing groupwise heteroskedasticity

.e SJ-6-4 dm0026
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Stata tip 39: In a list or out? In a range or out?
.k tip data-sets set-s manage-ment inlist inrange range list-s
.k obs-ervations result-s miss-ing value-s str-ings var-iables filter
.x
	Q4/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=dm0026!SJ 6(4):593--595@				    (no commands)
	tip for use of @inlist()@ and @inrange()@

.e SJ-6-4 dm0025
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Stata tip 36: Which observations? Erratum
.k data-sets set-s manage-ment
.k tip list-s level-s levelsof obs-ervations
.x
	Q4/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=dm0025!SJ 6(4):596@				    (no commands)
	correction of example code for Stata tip 36

.e SJ-6-4 @net: sj 6-4 gr42_4!gr42_4@
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Software update for ^qplot^
.k graph-s graph-ing graph-ics plot-s quantile-s quantil2 qplot
.k _gmypp
.o @qplot@ if installed
.x
	Q4/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0017!SJ 6(4):597@
	better handling of x-axis titling, a new option allowing
	the user to specify an alternative plotting position or
	rank variable

.e SJ-6-4 @net: sj 6-4 gr0001_2!gr0001_2@
.c sj
.a P. Van Kerm and S. P. Jenkins
.t Software update for ^glcurve^
.k stat-istics lorenz curv-es graph-s graph-ing graph-ics distrib-utions
.k income glc general-ized inequal-ity meas-ures
.k disper-sion segre-gation glcurve-7
.k concentra-tion tip
.o @glcurve@ if installed
.x
	Q4/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0017!SJ 6(4):597@
	updated to produce correct results for TIP curves if the
	poverty line is allowed to vary across observations

.e SJ-6-4 @net: sj 6-4 st0105_1!st0105_1@
.c sj
.a P. Deb and P. K. Trivedi
.t Software update for ^mtreatnb^
.k stat-istics multin-omial treat-ments effect-s latent factor-s count-s
.k data neg-ative binom-ial reg-ressions logit logis-tic
.k max-imum like-lihood simul-ations simul-ated msl
.k mtreatnb mmlogit_lf mtreatnb_lf _rmcoll
.o @mtreatnb@ if installed
.x
	Q4/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0017!SJ 6(4):597@
	bug fix to allow @_rmcoll@ to handle multicollinearity
	between regressors; iteration log now shown by default

.e SJ-6-4 @net: sj 6-4 st0044_1!st0044_1@
.c sj
.a N. Smeeton and N. J. Cox
.t Software update for ^nruns^ and ^nrunsi^
.k cat-egorical clus-tering cond-itional distrib-utions
.k data-sets set-s manage-ment stat-istics permute test-s test-ing
.k clus-ters clus-tered simulate simul-ations rand-om num-bers
.k for-values p-values value-s permu-tation run-s seq-uences nruns-i
.o @nruns@, @nrunsi@ if installed
.x
	Q4/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0017!SJ 6(4):597@
	introduces commands ^nruns^ and ^nrunsi^ for analyzing
	sequences stored in a variable or supplied on the fly

.e SJ-6-4 @net: sj 6-4 st0053_3!st0053_3@
.c sj
.a R. G. Gutierrez, J. M. Linhart, and J. S. Pitblado
.t Software update for ^locpoly^
.k linear local-ly poly-nomials smooth-ing kern-els
.k reg-ressions locpoly plugin-s dll-s
.x
	(help @locpoly@ if installed)
	Q4/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0017!SJ 6(4):597@
	update permitting override of default axes titles

.e SJ-6-3 @net: sj 6-3 st0107!st0107@
.c sj
.a A. Miranda and S. Rabe-Hesketh
.t ML estimation of endog. switching and sample selection models
.k stat-istics
.k est-imation est-imates reg-ressions ml-e max-imum like-lihood
.k switch-ing endog-enous samp-les selec-tion bina-ry count-s data-sets
.k ordinal probit poisson adaptive quadra-ture gllamm gllamm
.k ssm
.o @ssm@ if installed
.x
	Q3/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0107!SJ 6(3):285--308@
	discusses ^gllamm^ and wrapper ^ssm^, for fitting models in
	which the response depends on a dummy or regime-switch
	variable when the outcome variable is binary, count or
	ordinal

.e SJ-6-3 @net: sj 6-3 snp15_6!snp15_6@
.c sj
.a R. Newson
.t Conf. intervals for rank statistics: Somers' D and extensions
.k stat-istics
.k nonpar-ametric non param-etric test-s test-ing somer-sd d
.k kendall-s tau rank-sums sum-s somers_p harrell-s c
.k roc receiver-s operating curv-es auc area under gini index
.k corr-elate corr-elations assoc-iations wilcox-on meth-ods
.k conf-idence interv-als jack-knifed jack-nifed clus-ters clus-tering
.k cendif censlope
.x
	(help @somersd@, @cendif@, @censlope@, @censlope_iteration@,
	@somersd_mata@, @mf_bcsf_bracketing@, @mf_blncdtree@,
	@mf_somdtransf@, @mf_u2jackpseud@ if installed)
	Q3/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=snp15_6!SJ 6(3):309--334@
	discusses extensions to ^somersd^, which now includes estimation
	of stratified versions of Somers' D, calculates the Gini index
	and has improved confidence intervals for rank statistics

.e SJ-6-3 @net: sj 6-3 st0033_2!st0033_2@
.c sj
.a A. Mikusheva and B. P. Poi
.t Tests and conf. sets with correct size when instr. are weak
.k stat-istics
.k instrum-ental var-iables iv-reg test-s test-ing wald weak
.k like-lihoodratio ratio-s scor-e similar conf-idence region-s interv-als
.k anderson rubin-s langrange multipli-er
.k condivreg condgraph condtest
.x
	(help @condivreg@, @condtest@, @condgraph@ if installed)
	Q3/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0033_2!SJ 6(3):335--347@
	discusses extensions to ^condivreg^, which now constructs
	confidence sets for the coefficient on the endogenous
	variable by inverting the Anderson--Rubin, Lagrange
	multiplier, and conditional likelihood-ratio tests

.e SJ-6-3 @net: sj 6-3 gr0024!gr0024@
.c sj
.a F. M.-S. Barthel and P. Royston
.t Graphical representation of interactions
.k graph-s graph-ics graph-ing
.k fintplot-k fintplot-kcox fintplot-klog fintplot-log fintmenu
.k interact-ions forest plot-s rand-omized control-led trial-s
.k surviv-al anal-ysis logis-tic logit reg-ressions
.k cox propor-tional haz-ards model-s
.o @fintplot@ if installed
.x
	Q3/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gr0024!SJ 6(3):348--363@
	illustrates interactions between treatment and covariates
	or between two covariates using forest plots under the Cox
	proportional hazards or the logistic regression model

.e SJ-6-3 @net: sj 6-3 st0108!st0108@
.c sj
.a B. P. Poi
.t Jackknife instrumental variables estimation in Stata
.k stat-istics
.k instrum-ental var-iables est-imation est-imates endog-enous endogeneity
.k 2sls two stage least sq-uares est-imators
.k liml limited info-rmation max-imum like-lihood
.k jack-knifed jack-nifed jive weak
.o @jive@ if installed
.x
	Q3/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0108!SJ 6(3):364--376@
	introduces ^jive^, jackknife instrumental variables estimation,
	as an alternative to 2SLS

.e SJ-6-3 @net: sj 6-3 st0109!st0109@
.c sj
.a M. Lokshin
.t Difference-based semipar. estim. of partial linear reg. models
.k stat-istics
.k nonpar-ametric non param-etric est-imation est-imates
.k reg-ressions est-imators diff-erences partial lin-ear
.k plreg
.o @plreg@ if installed
.x
	Q3/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0109!SJ 6(3):377--383@
	describes ^plreg^, which implements the difference-based
	algorithm for fitting partial linear regression models

.e SJ-6-3 @net: sj 6-3 st0110!st0110@
.c sj
.a D. M. Drukker
.t Importing Federal Reserve economic data
.k data-sets set-s manage-ment time-series series
.k freduse federal reserve economic repository
.o @freduse@ if installed
.x
	Q3/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0110!SJ 6(3):384--386@
	describes ^freduse^, a command for importing datasets from
	the Federal Reserve economic data (FRED(R)) repository

.e SJ-6-3 pr0024
.c sj
.a W. Gould
.t Mata matters: Interactive Use
.k mata matr-ix matr-ices vec-tors
.k interact-ively
.x
	Q3/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=pr0024!SJ 6(3):387--396@				    (no commands)
	demonstrates how to use Mata interactively to solve problems

.e SJ-6-3 @net: sj 6-3 gr0025!gr0025@
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Speaking Stata: Graphs for all seasons
.k graph-s graph-ics graph-ing cycle plot-s time-series series fold-ing
.k rotate rotation-s seasonality season-ally incid-ence repeat-ing
.k cycleplot sliceplot
.o @cycleplot@, @sliceplot@ if installed
.x
	Q3/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gr0025!SJ 6(3):397--419@
	illustrates producing graphs showing time-series seasonality

.e SJ-6-3 gn0033
.c sj
.a M. Mulcahy
.t Review of ^A Gentle Introduction to Stata^ by Acock
.k book-s text-s review acock intro-duction
.k stat-istics teach-ing book-store
.x
	Q3/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gn0033!SJ 6(3):420--424@				    (no commands)
	book review of ^A Gentle Introduction to Stata^ by Acock

.e SJ-6-3 dm0023
.c sj
.a D. A. Harrison
.t Stata tip 34: Tabulation by listing
.k data-sets set-s manage-ment
.k tip list-s tabl-es tab-s tab-ulate tab-ulations reshape
.x
	Q3/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=dm0023!SJ 6(3):425--427@				    (no commands)
	tip for creating tables using the @list@ command

.e SJ-6-3 dm0024
.c sj
.a W. Gould
.t Stata tip 35: Detecting whether data have changed
.k data-sets set-s manage-ment
.k tip data signature-s datasignature-s valid-ation
.x
	Q3/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=dm0024!SJ 6(3):428--429@				    (no commands)
	tip for using the @datasignature@ command to detect if data
	has changed

.e SJ-6-3 dm0025
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Stata tip 36: Which observations?
.k data-sets set-s manage-ment
.k tip list-s level-s levelsof obs-ervations
.x
	Q3/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=dm0025!SJ 6(3):430--432@				    (no commands)
	tip for identifying which observations satisfy some
	specified condition

.e SJ-6-3 @net: sj 6-3 sts15_2!sts15_2@
.c sj
.a C. F. Baum
.t Software update for ^kpss^
.k stat-istics elliott rothenberg stock dfgls kwiatkowski phillips schmidt
.k shin kpss time-series series statio-nary nonstatio-nary stationarity
.k nonstationarity unit root-s dickey fuller test-s test-ing modified aic
.k maic
.o @kpss@ if installed
.x
	Q3/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0016!SJ 6(3):433@
	rewritten for compatibility with Stata 8.2 syntax and may
	now be applied to one time series of a panel or to all time
	series within a panel using the ^by:^ prefix

.e SJ-6-3 @net: sj 6-3 sts18_1!sts18_1@
.c sj
.a C. F. Baum
.t Software update for ^lomodrs^
.k stat-istics frac-tionally integration integr-ated test-s test-ing
.k dependence time-series
.k series long memory rescaled range hurst mandelbrot lo lomodrs
.o @lomodrs@ if installed
.x
	Q3/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0016!SJ 6(3):433@
	rewritten for compatibility with Stata 8.2 syntax and may
	now be applied to one time series of a panel or to all time
	series within a panel using the ^by:^ prefix

.e SJ-6-2 @net: sj 6-2 st0101!st0101@
.c sj
.a L. Cappellari and S. P. Jenkins
.t Multivar. normal probabilities by simulation, with MSL est.
.k stat-istics
.k egen func-tions simul-ated simul-ations simulator est-imation est-imates
.k max-imum like-lihood msl multiv-ariate probit halton seq-uences set-s
.k pseudo-random rand-om norm-al ghk geweke hajivassiliou keane
.k stand-ard uniform-ly dens-ity draw-s mvppred mvprobit ml data
.k mvnp, mdraws, _gmvnp, mdraws_h
.o @mvnp@, @mdraws@ if installed
.x
	Q2/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0101!SJ 6(2):156--189@
	discusses methods for calculating multivariate normal
	probabilities by simulation and introduces two commands:
	^mdraws^ and ^egen mvnp()^

.e SJ-6-2 @net: sj 6-2 st0102!st0102@
.c sj
.a R. Gates
.t A Mata Geweke-Hajivassiliou-Keane multivar. normal simulator
.k norm-al ghk geweke hajivassiliou keane simul-ated simul-ations
.k max-imum like-lihood msl simulator est-imation est-imates
.k quasi monte carlo importance samp-ling num-bers theory stat-istics
.k probit model-s mata matr-ices matr-ix multin-omial
.k variance-s cov-ariances
.k ghk1 mnp sj_ghk
.o @SJ_ghk@ if installed
.x
	Q2/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0102!SJ 6(2):190--213@
	discusses the Geweke-Hajivassiliou-Keane MVN simulator
	and introduces a Mata function that implements it

.e SJ-6-2 st0103
.c sj
.a D. M. Drukker and R. Gates
.t Generating Halton sequences using Mata
.k stat-istics
.k asmprobit num-bers multin-omial probit ghk simulator simul-ations
.k halton hammersley quasi rand-om seq-uences set-s mata max-imum
.k like-lihood simul-ated msl altern-atives monte carlo
.k integration point-s ghalton _halton dim-ensions
.x
	Q2/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0103!SJ 6(2):214--228@				    (no commands)
	discusses the advantages of Halton sequences when using
	simulation to approximate integrals numerically and gives
	Mata examples

.e SJ-6-2 st0104
.c sj
.a P. Haan and A. Uhlendorff
.t Multinomial logit mod. with unobs. heterogeneity using MSL
.k stat-istics multin-omial logit model-s logis-tic panel-s data unobs-erved
.k heterog-eneity max-imum like-lihood simul-ations simul-ated msl
.k halton seq-uences gauss-ian hermite adaptive quadra-ture
.x
	Q2/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0104!SJ 6(2):229--245@				    (no commands)
	suggests a Stata routine for multinomial logit models
	with unobserved heterogeneity using maximum simulated
	likelihood based on Halton sequences

.e SJ-6-2 @net: sj 6-2 st0105!st0105@
.c sj
.a P. Deb and P. K. Trivedi
.t MSL of neg. binom. reg. mod. with multinom. endog. treatment
.k stat-istics multin-omial treat-ments effect-s latent factor-s count-s
.k data neg-ative binom-ial reg-ressions logit logis-tic
.k max-imum like-lihood simul-ations simul-ated msl
.k mtreatnb mmlogit_lf mtreatnb_lf
.o @mtreatnb@ if installed
.x
	Q2/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0105!SJ 6(2):246--255@
	introduces a new command, ^mtreatnb^, for specification
	and estimation of a multinomial treatment effects
	negative binomial regression model

.e SJ-6-2 @net: sj 6-2 st0106!st0106@
.c sj
.a M. B. Stewart
.t MSL random-effects dynamic probit mod. with autocorr. errors
.k stat-istics max-imum like-lihood simul-ations simul-ated msl panel-s data
.k est-imation est-imates halton seq-uences set-s autocor-relations
.k autocor-related err-ors rand-om effect-s model-s
.k redpace redsar_ll redsma_ll redsnoau_ll
.o @redpace@ if installed
.x
	Q2/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0106!SJ 6(2):256--272@
	introduces new command, ^redpace^, to be used in MSL
	estimation for random-effects dynamic probit models
	with autocorrelated errors

.e SJ-6-2 gn0032
.c sj
.a R. Williams
.t Review of ^Reg. Models for Cat. Dependent Var. Using Stata^
.k book-s text-s review long freese
.k reg-ressions model-s cat-egorical depend-ent var-iables
.k data spost spost9 spostado
.x
	Q2/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gn0032!SJ 6(2):273--278@				    (no commands)
	book review of ^Regression Models for Categorical^
	^Dependent Variables Using Stata, 2nd Edition^ by
	Long and Freese

.e SJ-6-2 dm0021
.c sj
.a G. I. Kolev
.t Stata tip 31: Scalar or variable? Problem of ambiguous names
.k tip data-sets set-s manage-ment scal-ars abbrev-iations abbrev-iate
.k name-s naming
.x
	Q2/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=dm0021!SJ 6(2):279--280@				    (no commands)
	tips for avoiding abbreviation conflicts with variables
	when naming scalars

.e SJ-6-2 pr0023
.c sj
.a S. P. Jenkins
.t Stata tip 32: Do not stop
.k tip .do do-files nostop continue prog-ramming prog-rams
.x
	Q2/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=pr0023!SJ 6(2):281@				    (no commands)
	tip for using the @do@ command's ^nostop^ option

.e SJ-6-2 dm0022
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Tip 33: Sweet sixteen: Hexadec. formats & precision problems
.k tip hex-adecimal data-sets set-s manage-ment format-s format-ting
.k precis-ion
.x
	Q2/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=dm0022!SJ 6(2):282--283@				    (no commands)
	tip for using hexadecimal formats to understand precision
	problems in Stata

.e SJ-6-2 @net: sj 6-2 srd13_1!srd13_1@
.c sj
.a R. Goldstein
.t Software update for ^maxr2^
.k goodness fit ols ordinary least sq-uares reg-ressions
.k repli-cates covariate-s patt-erns maxr2 stat-istics
.k maxr2
.o @maxr2@ if installed
.x
	Q2/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0015!SJ 6(2):284@
	bug fix for ^maxr2^

.e SJ-6-2 @net: sj 6-2 st0015_3!st0015_3@
.c sj
.a T. J. Steichen and N. J. Cox
.t Software update for ^concord^
.k stat-istics concord-ance corr-elations coef-ficients lin graph-s graph-ics
.k limit-s agree-ment meas-urements compar-isons
.o @concord@ if installed
.x
	Q2/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0015!SJ 6(2):284@
	updated for compatibility with Stata 9 ^by()^ option

.e SJ-6-2 @net: sj 6-2 st0045_2!st0045_2@
.c sj
.a L. Cappellari and S. P. Jenkins
.t Software update for ^mvprobit^ and ^mvppred^
.k stat-istics max-imum like-lihood ml-e multiv-ariate probit reg-ressions
.k est-imation est-imates bina-ry outcome-s dicho-tomous
.k model-s ghk simulator simul-ations
.k mvppred mvprobit mvprob_ll
.o @mvppred@, @mvprobit@ if installed
.x
	Q2/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0015!SJ 6(2):284@
	bug fix; help files updated

.e SJ-6-1 st0095
.c sj
.a Y. Marchenko
.t Estimating variance components in Stata
.k xt-mixed stat-istics est-imation est-imates variance-s compon-ents
.k exper-iments exper-imental design-s anova anal-ysis of variance-s
.k ml-e max-imum like-lihood reml cov-ariances rand-om effect-s restric-ted
.k restric-tions mixed coef-ficients model-s multi-level mean-s sq-uares
.k two-way way factori-al matr-ices matr-ix one-way factor-s loneway cross
.k nest-ed nest-ing interact-ions var-iables fit-ting unbal-anced bal-anced
.x
	Q1/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0095!SJ 6(1):1--21@				    (no commands)
	describes using @xtmixed@ to estimate variance components
	in linear models

.e SJ-6-1 pr0020
.c sj
.a R. Gini and J. Pasquini
.t Automatic generation of documents
.k out-putting out-puting docu-ment format-s report-ing latex html
.k markup lang-uage log-s .log text file-s format-ting graph-s graph-ics
.k graph-ing www internet web-sites site-s
.k .do do-files code-s open writ-e clos-e sav-ed
.k result-s return list-s listtex xcontract newson png .png pdf .pdf eps .eps
.k ps .ps encap-sulated posts-cript txt
.x
	Q1/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=pr0020!SJ 6(1):22--39@				    (no commands)
	describes a natural interaction between Stata and markup
	languages with examples for LATEX and HTML

.e SJ-6-1 @net: sj 6-1 st0096!st0096@
.c sj
.a N. Orsini, R. Bellocco, and S. Greenland
.t GLS for trend estimation of summarized dose-response data
.k glst trend est-imation est-imates est-imators dose-s response-s data
.k gls general-ized least sq-uares meta anal-ysis reg-ressions epi-demiology
.k epi-demiological expos-ures risk-s odds ratio-s case-controls control-s
.k incid-ence rate-s cumul-ative weight-ed weight-s weight-ing linear log-s
.k model-s matr-ices matr-ix cov-ariances heterog-eneity effect-s fix-ed
.k conf-idence interv-als level-s stand-ard err-or rand-oms vec-tors corr-elate
.k corr-elations off diag-onals asymp-totic stat-istics
.o @glst@ if installed
.x
	Q1/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0096!SJ 6(1):40--57@
	trend estimation across different exposure levels for either
	single or multiple summarized case-control, incidence-rate,
	and cumulative incidence data

.e SJ-6-1 @net: sj 6-1 st0097!st0097@
.c sj
.a R. Williams
.t Gen. ordered logit/part. prop. odds mod. for ordinal depvars
.k stat-istics gologit gologit2 gologit2_ll gologit2_p pred-ictions
.k reg-ressions general-ized logis-tic ordinal propor-tional odd-s partial
.k order-ed logit model-s paral-lel line-s lin-ear constrain-ts svy-: survey-s
.k data brant test-s test-ing bina-ry wald step-wise backward selec-tion gamma
.k param-eters param-etric param-eterization est-imates est-imation
.o @gologit2@ if installed
.x
	Q1/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0097!SJ 6(1):58--82@
	program for generalized ordered logit models; fits
	proportional odds/parallel-lines model, partial
	proportional odds model, and logistic regression model

.e SJ-6-1 @net: sj 6-1 st0098!st0098@
.c sj
.a P. Royston
.t Explained variation for survival models
.k str2d str2ph stat-istics
.k surviv-al anal-ysis censor-ed censor-ing data reg-ressions model-s index
.k determ-ination variation expla-ined rand-omness linear like-lihood ratio-s
.k propor-tional odd-s non cox haz-ards param-etric flex-ible norm-al err-ors
.k info-rmation gain
.o @str2ph@, @str2d@ if installed
.x
	Q1/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0098!SJ 6(1):83--96@
	introduces a new measure of explained variation for use
	with censored survival data

.e SJ-6-1 @net: sj 6-1 st0099!st0099@
.c sj
.a K. J. Archer and S. Lemeshow
.t GOF test for logistic reg. fitted using survey sample data
.k svylogitgof goodness of fit survey-s svy-: : design-s logis-tic logit
.k reg-ressions est-imation est-imates test-s test-ing pearson-s chi-squared
.k sq-uared chi-2 2 samp-ling samp-les size-s pseudo max-imum like-lihood
.k func-tions est-imators stat-istics
.o @svylogitgof@ if installed
.x
	Q1/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0099!SJ 6(1):97--105@
	estimates the F-adjusted mean residual test after @svy: logit@
	or @svy: logistic@

.e SJ-6-1 @net: sj 6-1 st0100!st0100@
.c sj
.a A. Lopez-Feldman
.t Decomposing inequality and obtaining marginal effects
.k descogini stat-istics gini decomp-osition income source inequal-ity
.k stand-ard err-ors conf-idence interv-als boot-strapped marginal effect-s
.o @descogini@ if installed
.x
	Q1/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0100!SJ 6(1):106--111@
	decomposes the Gini coefficient by income source and
	calculates the impact a marginal change in a particular
	income source will have on inequality

.e SJ-6-1 pr0021
.c sj
.a W. Gould
.t Mata Matters: Creating new variables--sounds boring, isn't
.k mata prog-ramming prog-rams view-s stata data-sets set-s manage-ment
.k creat-ed var-iables st_view st_data st_addvar st_store matr-ix matr-ices
.k return results cross invsym mult-iple sprintf st_temp-name
.k time-series series st_tsrevar st_addobs obs-ervations name-s num-bers
.x
	Q1/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=pr0021!SJ 6(1):112--123@				    (no commands)
	focuses on creating new variables in Mata

.e SJ-6-1 @net: sj 6-1 dm0018!dm0018@
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Speaking Stata: Time of day
.k ntimeofday stimeofday data-sets set-s manage-ment time-series series of
.k date-s day calendar unit-s format-s tsset func-tions oper-ators num-erical
.k str-ings convert convers-ions hour-s minute-s second-s
.o @ntimeofday@, @stimeofday@ if installed
.x
	Q1/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=dm0018!SJ 6(1):124--137@
	converting back and forth between string and numeric
	representations for time-of-day calculations

.e SJ-6-1 gn0031
.c sj
.a R. Wolfe
.t Review of ^Multilevel and Longitudinal Modeling Using Stata^
.k book-s text-s review rabe-hesketh hesketh skrondal
.k gen-eralized linear latent model-s model-ing multi-level level rand-om
.k effect-s gllamm glvm longi-tudinal longi-tudinal norm-ally distrib-utions
.k distrib-uted bina-ry ordinal count-s nest-ed cross variance-s compon-ents
.k clus-ters clus-tering clus-tered xt-mixed intercep-t logis-tic est-imation
.k est-imates reg-ressions outcome-s probit order-ed poisson count-s data-sets
.k set-s continu-ous
.x
	Q1/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gn0031!SJ 6(1):138--143@				    (no commands)
	book review of ^Multilevel and Longitudinal Modeling^
	^Using Stata^ by Rabe-Hesketh and Skrondal

.e SJ-6-1 dm0019
.c sj
.a L. P. Schumm
.t Stata tip 28: Precise control of dataset sort order
.k tip data-sets set-s manage-ment sort order-ed stable stabil-ity isid
.k identifier-s id-s
.x
	Q1/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=dm0019!SJ 6(1):144--146@				    (no commands)
	tips for using @sort@ and ^by: sort^ to manipulate
	dataset order

.e SJ-6-1 dm0020
.c sj
.a C. H. Franklin
.t Stata tip 29: For all times and all places
.k tip data-sets set-s manage-ment cross section-al time-series series
.k date-s comb-ine merge join
.x
	Q1/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=dm0020!SJ 6(1):147--148@				    (no commands)
	tip for using @cross@ to handle missing observations in
	pooled time-series cross-sectional data

.e SJ-6-1 pr0022
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Stata tip 30: May the source be with you
.k tip viewsource view-s view-ers source prog-ramming prog-rams
.k code-s ado-files file-s .ado command-s hlp-files dlg .hlp .dlg
.x
	Q1/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=pr0022!SJ 6(1):149--150@				    (no commands)
	tip for using @viewsource@ to locate and view source
	code or text files

.e SJ-6-1 @net: sj 6-1 sg2_1!sg2_1@
.c sj
.a J. Hilbe
.t Software update for ^cpoisson^ and ^epoisson^
.k cpoisson epoisson cupoissoni expoissoni poisson prob-abilities calcul-ator
.k stat-istics
.o @cupoissoni@, @expoissoni@ if installed
.x
	Q1/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0014!SJ 6(1):151@
	^cpoisson^ and ^epoisson^ rewritten as immediate commands,
	^cupoissoni^ and ^expoissoni^, that do not affect the data
	in memory

.e SJ-6-1 @net: sj 6-1 gr26_1!gr26_1@
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Software update for ^binsm^
.k graph-s graph-ics bin-s smooth-ing scat-terplots binsm plot-s mad _gmad
.o @binsm@ if installed
.x
	Q1/06	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0014!SJ 6(1):151@
	rewritten to support modern Stata graphics

.e SJ-5-4 @net: sj 5-4 st0091!st0091@
.c sj
.a G. S. F. Bruno
.t Estimation and inference in dynamic unbalanced panel-data
.k stat-istics xtlsdvc xtlsdvc_1 xtlsdvc_b xtlsdvc_p
.k bias-ed correct-ed approx-imations unbal-anced panel-s data
.k dynamic LSDV est-imation est-imates est-imators monte carlo simul-ations
.k exper-iments exper-imental boot-strapped variance-s cov-ariances least
.k sq-uares var-iables dum-my dum-mies autoregr-essive autoregr-essions
.k general-ized mom-ents gmm meth-ods instrum-ental heterog-eneity correct-ions
.k asymp-totic expan-sion small-study study samp-les white noise disturb-ances
.k xt-abond reg-ressions err-ors pred-ictions param-etric gap-s time-series
.k series matr-ices matr-ix beta anderson-s hsiao
.o @xtlsdvc@ if installed
.x
	Q4/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0091!SJ 5(4):473--500@
	provides a bias-corrected least-squares dummy variable
	(LSDV) estimator and bootstrap variance-covariance matrix
	for dynamic (possibly) unbalanced panel-data models with
	(possibly) few subjects and strictly exogenous regressors

.e SJ-5-4 @net: sj 5-4 st0092!st0092@
.c sj
.a A. Basu
.t Extended GLM: simultaneous est. of flex. link & variance func.
.k stat-istics glm gen-eralized lin-ear model-s est-imation est-imates
.k est-imating eq-uations pglm pglmpredict eee
.k skew-ness skew-ed link func-tions variance-s health biostat-istics
.k non neg-ative hetero-skedasticity hetero-scedasticity kurt-osis
.k distrib-utions mean-s ols ordinary least sq-uares reg-ressions
.k scaling scale-s param-eters power-s quad-ratic extend-ed box cox
.k flex-ible matvsort matewmf matr-ix matr-ices stand-ard wald test-s test-ing
.k signif-icance level-s point-s conf-idence interv-als max-imum like-lihood
.k resid-uals pearson-s corr-elate corr-elations
.o @pglm@ if installed
.x
	Q4/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0092!SJ 5(4):501--516@
	simultaneously solves the extended estimating equations
	estimator for parameters in the link and variance functions
	along with those of the linear predictor in a generalized
	linear model (GLM)

.e SJ-5-4 @net: sj 5-4 st0093!st0093@
.c sj
.a J. Cui
.t Buckley-James method for analyzing censored data
.k stat-istics buckley james meth-ods
.k est-imation est-imates est-imators cox propor-tional haz-ards model-s
.k surviv-al data-sets set-s anal-ysis value-s time epi-demiology lin-ear
.k epi-demiological func-tions cov-ariances covariate-s kaplan-meier meier
.k distrib-utions err-ors graph-s graph-ics graph-ing plot-s plot-ting
.k scat-terplots censor-ing censor-ed
.o @buckley@ if installed
.x
	Q4/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0093!SJ 5(4):517--526@
	provides the Buckley-James method as an alternative to the
	Cox proportional hazards model for analyzing censored data;
	illustrated with an application to a cardiovascular disease
	and an HIV/AIDS study

.e SJ-5-4 @net: sj 5-4 st0067_2!st0067_2@
.c sj
.a P. Royston
.t Multiple imputation of missing values: Update of ^ice^
.k ice micombine mijoin misplit uvis cmdchk _mvis mvis
.k stat-istics data-sets set-s manage-ment miss-ing value-s
.k mult-iple multiv-ariate imput-e imput-ing imput-ation rubin-s rule-s
.k conf-idence interv-als est-imation est-imates model-s hot-deck deck
.k test-s test-ing surviv-al anal-ysis streg stcox rand-om reg-ressions
.k switch-ing pred-ictions match-ing mice box cox skew-ness skew-ed
.k ordinal restric-ted restric-tions ologit
.o @ice@, @micombine@, @mijoin@ if installed
.x
	Q4/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0067_2!SJ 5(4):527--536@
	update of ^mvis^ (renamed to ^ice^); imputation of missing
	values now achieved by sampling from the posterior
	predictive distribution

.e SJ-5-4 @net: sj 5-4 st0094!st0094@
.c sj
.a J. Xu and J. S. Long
.t CIs for predicted outcomes in reg. models for cat. outcomes
.k stat-istics prvalue prgen conf-idence interv-als pred-ictions pred-icted
.k prob-ability discrete choice model-s end-ing endp-oints point-s model-s
.k transfo-rmations delta meth-ods boot-strapped boot-strapping
.k post-estimations est-imation est-imates outcome-s max-imum like-lihood
.k repeat-ing repeat-ed samp-les repli-cates repli-cated bina-ry binom-ial
.k logit neg-ative nbreg reg-ressions probit poisson plot-s plot-ting
.k graph-s graph-ics graph-ing two-way way conn-ected non param-etric
.k nonpar-ametric norm-al bias-es bias-ed correct-ed percent-iles
.o @prvalue@, @prgen@ if installed
.x
	Q4/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0094!SJ 5(4):537--559@
	discusses endpoint transformation, delta method, and
	bootstrapping for computing confidence intervals for
	predictions and discrete changes in predictions for
	regression models for categorical outcomes; ability to
	compute confidence intervals added to ^prvalue^ and ^prgen^

.e SJ-5-4 pr0018
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Suggestions on Stata programming style
.k lang-uage prog-ramming prog-rams style-s name-s expr-essions
.k format-s format-ting synt-ax stata
.x
	Q4/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=pr0018!SJ 5(4):560--566@				    (no commands)
	suggestions for good Stata programming style

.e SJ-5-4 pr0019
.c sj
.a W. Gould
.t Mata Matters: Using views onto the data
.k prog-ramming prog-rams mata matr-ices matr-ix lang-uage
.k view data-sets set-s mem-ory st_view st_data subset-s
.k code-s miss-ing value-s replace manage-ment
.x
	Q4/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=pr0019!SJ 5(4):567--573@				    (no commands)
	explores view matrices -- matrices that are views of
	the underlying Stata dataset rather than copies of it

.e SJ-5-4 @net: sj 5-4 gr0021!gr0021@
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Speaking Stata: Smoothing in various directions
.k doublesm diagsm polarsm mylabels
.k graph-s graph-ics graph-ing plot-s plot-ting stat-istics lowess
.k data-sets set-s anal-ysis bivar-iate double smooth-ing quantile-s
.k diag-onals polar coor-dinates meas-urements meas-ures pred-ictions
.k distrib-utions two-way way running line-s mean-s abs-olute dev-iations
.k med-ians stand-ardization stand-ardized stand-ardisation stand-ardised
.k univar-iate scale skew-ness skew-ed robust root-s transfo-rmations
.k outlier-s sin-e cos-ine
.o @doublesm@, @diagsm@, @polarsm@ if installed
.x
	Q4/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gr0021!SJ 5(4):574--593@
	discusses exploratory tools for determining the structure
	of bivariate data

.e SJ-5-4 gn0030
.c sj
.a L. P. Schumm
.t Review of ^Data Analysis Using Stata^ by Kohler and Kreuter
.k kohler kreuter review text-s book-s data-sets set-s manage-ment
.k anal-ysis intro-duction teach-ing gsoep longi-tudinal survey-s
.k study studies do-files synt-ax sav-ed result-s macro-s tabl-es
.k graph-s graph-ics lin-ear reg-ressions cat-egorical
.x
	Q4/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gn0030!SJ 5(4):594--600@				    (no commands)
	book review of ^Data Analysis Using Stata^ by Kohler
	and Kreuter (2005)

.e SJ-5-4 gr0022
.c sj
.a U. Kohler and C. Brzinsky-Fay
.t Stata tip 25: Sequence index plots
.k tip seq-uences seq-uences indexplot index plot-s graph-s graph-ics graph-ing
.k plot-ting longi-tudinal panel-s data panel-data two-way way rbar rspike
.k surviv-al time
.x
	Q4/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gr0022!SJ 5(4):601--602@				    (no commands)
	tip showing how to create sequence index plots to show
	how individuals move between a set of conditions or
	states over time

.e SJ-5-4 dm0017
.c sj
.a M. S. Hanson
.t Stata tip 26: Maximizing compatibility between Mac. and Win.
.k tip win-dows mac-intosh platf-orms compat-ibility file-s open stand-ards
.k path-s delimit-er encap-sulated ps eps posts-cript format-s format-ting
.k data-sets set-s manage-ment
.x
	Q4/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=dm0017!SJ 5(4):603@				    (no commands)
	tip explaining how to ensure maximum file compatibility
	between Macintosh and Windows

.e SJ-5-4 gr0023
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Stata tip 27: Classifying data points on scatter plots
.k graph-ics graph-ing graph-s plot-s plot-ting scat-terplots
.k data point-s symb-ols label-s mark-s mark-ers scale-s
.k separ-ate gray-scale grey-scale tip
.x
	Q4/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gr0023!SJ 5(4):604--606@				    (no commands)
	tips for using ^separate^, gray-scale gradation, and text
	characters as class symbols to classify data points on
	a scatter plot

.e SJ-5-4 @net: sj 5-4 dm67_3!dm67_3@
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Software update for ^nmissing^ and ^npresent^
.k data-sets set-s manage-ment nmissing npresent miss-ing value-s nonmiss-ing
.o @nmissing@ if installed
.x
	Q4/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0013!SJ 5(4):607@
	now produces saved results

.e SJ-5-4 @net: sj 5-4 dm88_1!dm88_1@
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox and J. Weesie
.t Software update for ^renvars^
.k data-sets set-s manage-ment name-s var-iables change rename renvars
.o @renvars@ if installed
.x
	Q4/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0013!SJ 5(4):607@
	^trimend()^ option added and help file updated

.e SJ-5-4 @net: sj 5-4 sg134_1!sg134_1@
.c sj
.a Z. Wang and T. J. Steichen
.t Software update for ^swaic^
.k stat-istics akaike aic info-rmation criterion step-wise model-s selec-tion
.k est-imation est-imates post command-s swaic
.o @swaic@ if installed
.x
	Q4/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0013!SJ 5(4):607@
	has new ^varwidth^ option, now works with @xi@, and now works
	after @clogit@

.e SJ-5-4 @net: sj 5-4 st0030_2!st0030_2@
.c sj
.a C. F. Baum, M. E. Schaffer, and S. Stillman
.t Software update for ^ivreg2^, ^overid^, and ^ivendog^
.k stat-istics est-imation est-imates gmm general-ized meth-ods mom-ents
.k iv instrum-ental var-iables test-s test-ing endog-enous endogeneity
.k hetero-skedasticity hetero-scedasticity overident-ification reg-ressions
.k restric-ted restric-tions robust clus-ters clus-tering group-s intra-groups
.k corr-elate corr-elations hansen sargan c j durbin wu hausman
.k ivendog ivhettest ivreg2 ivreg2_p ivreg_cue overid
.x
	(help @ivendog@, @ivhettest@, @ivreg2@, @overid@ if installed)
	Q4/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0013!SJ 5(4):607@
	enhanced first-stage regression diagnostics, tests for
	overidentification, redundancy of instruments, and
	continuously updated GMM estimation (CUE)

.e SJ-5-4 @net: sj 5-4 st0037_2!st0037_2@
.c sj
.a P. Van Kerm
.t Software update for ^akdensity^ and ^akdensity0^
.k stat-istics kern-el dens-ity adaptive est-imators est-imation est-imates
.k univar-iate smooth-ing smooth-ers nonpar-ametric non param-etric local-ly
.k band-width width bands gauss-ian epan-echnikov distrib-utions var-iables
.k variability graph-ics graph-ing graph-s akdensity-0
.o @akdensity@ if installed
.x
	Q4/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0013!SJ 5(4):607@
	bug fix for ^akdensity^ and ^akdensity0^

.e SJ-5-3 @net: sj 5-3 st0085!st0085@
.c sj
.a B. Jann
.t Making regression tables from stored estimates
.k est-imation est-imates reg-ressions spread-sheets mfx marginal effect-s
.k tabl-es latex format-s format-ting tab-ulate tab-ulations html
.k stat-istics publication store scal-ars rank-s p r-2 conf-idence interv-als
.k schwartz schwarz akaike-s aic bic coef-ficients summ-ary t z label-s
.k mult-iple eq-uations model-s ereturn descrip-tive
.k estadd estout estoutdef estadd_beta estadd_mean estadd_sd
.k estadd_sd
.x
	(help @estadd@, @estout@, @estout_defaults_options@,
	@estout_intro@, @estout_label_subopts@, @estout_labeling_options@,
	@estout_layout_options@, @estout_output_options@,
	@estout_parameter_statistics_options@,
	@estout_significance_stars_options@,
	@estout_summary_statistics_options@, @estoutdef@ if installed)
	Q3/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0085!SJ 5(3):288--308@
	introduces new ^estout^ package, which produces regression
	tables for use with spreadsheets, LaTeX, HTML, or word
	processors

.e SJ-5-3 @net: sj 5-3 st0086!st0086@
.c sj
.a T. Bartus
.t Estimation of marginal effects using ^margeff^
.k margeff mfx stat-istics marginal effect-s mean-s var-iables dum-my dum-mies
.k sq-uared est-imation est-imates reg-ressions model-s lin-ear taylor series
.k expan-sion stand-ard err-ors ave-rages
.o @margeff@ if installed
.z
.x
	Q3/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0086!SJ 5(3):309--329@
	describes user-written program ^margeff^, which enables
	fast estimation of average marginal effects;
	see @margins@ command incorporated into Stata 11.0

.e SJ-5-3 @net: sj 5-3 st0087!st0087@
.c sj
.a M. Schonlau
.t Boosted reg. (boosting): An intro. tutorial and Stata plugin
.k boost-ing stat-istics lin-ear reg-ressions data-mining mining cross
.k valid-ation valid-ate tuning param-eters gauss-ian norm-ality logis-tic
.k poisson weight-ed sq-uares sum-s count-s pred-ictions tree-s maxiter
.k fit fit-ted pseudo-rsquared r-squared r-2 gradient algor-ithms iter-ations
.o @boost@ if installed
.x
	Q3/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0087!SJ 5(3):330--354@
	overview of boosting or boosted regression; introduces
	^boost^ command

.e SJ-5-3 @net: sj 5-3 st0088!st0088@
.c sj
.a N. Orsini, D. Rizzuto, and N. Nante
.t Introduction to game-theory calculations
.k gamet anal-ysis game-theory theory nash equilib-rium matr-ices matr-ix
.k stat-istics zero sum-s tree-s norm-al form-s dominant elim-ination iter-ated
.k iter-ations iter-ative list-s subsc-ripts
.o @gamet@ if installed
.x
	Q3/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0088!SJ 5(3):355--370@
	discusses game theory and introduces new ^gamet^ command

.e SJ-5-3 gr0016
.c sj
.a W. D. Dupont and W. D. Plummer, Jr.
.t Using sunflower plots to explore bivar. rela. in dense data
.k graph-s graph-ics graph-ing plot-s plot-ting sun flower-s sun-flowers
.k dens-ity scat-terplots bivar-iate prob-ability func-tions kern-els
.k stat-istics est-imation est-imates contour-s param-eters smooth-ing
.x
	Q3/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gr0016!SJ 5(3):371--384@				    (no commands)
	discusses use of density-distribution sunflower plots
	to display high-density bivariate data

.e SJ-5-3 st0089
.c sj
.a P. Guimaraes
.t A simple approach to fit the beta-binomial model
.k stat-istics
.k est-imates est-imation binom-ial beta over-dispersion dispers neg-ative
.k multin-omial effect-s fix-ed bias-ed variance-s cov-ariances matr-ices
.k matr-ix param-etric panel-s data clus-ters clus-tering count-s xt-nbreg
.k nbreg reg-ressions like-lihood ratio-s test-s test-ing dirichlet
.x
	Q3/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0089!SJ 5(3):385--394@				    (no commands)
	shows how to estimate the parameters of the beta-binomial
	distribution and the Dirichlet-multinomial distribution

.e SJ-5-3 st0090
.c sj
.a R. M. Conroy
.t Stings in the tails: Detecting & dealing with censored data
.k stat-istics
.k censor-ing censor-ed data diagnos-tics plot-s intreg ols sq-uares
.k least ordinary t-tests test-s test-ing reg-ressions anal-ysis variance-s
.k anova ceil-ing floor survival miss-ing value-s interv-als clu-sters
.k clu-stering clu-stered obs-ervations zip poisson zero inflated count-s
.k ologit order-ed logis-tic param-etric
.x
	Q3/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0090!SJ 5(3):395--404@				    (no commands)
	discusses the effects of clustering at extreme values
	and of graininess

.e SJ-5-3 @net: sj 5-3 gr0017!gr0017@
.c sj
.a P. Royston and N. J. Cox
.t A multivariable scatterplot smoother
.k running mrunning smooth-ers smooth-ing stat-istics anal-ysis multivariable
.k reg-ressions scat-terplots plot-s nonpar-ametric non param-etric
.k lin-ear nonlin-ear non mult-iple
.o @mrunning@, @running@ if installed
.x
	Q3/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gr0017!SJ 5(3):405--412@
	presents an extension to ^running^ for use in a
	multivariable context

.e SJ-5-3 pr0016
.c sj
.a D. Kantor and N. J. Cox
.t Depending on conditions: a tutorial on the ^cond()^ function
.k cond-itions cond-itional func-tions if gen-erate replace est-imated
.k est-imates category categories miss-ing value-s else dup-licated
.k dup-licates group-s floor ceil-ing prog-ramming prog-rams
.x
	Q3/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=pr0016!SJ 5(3):413--420@				    (no commands)
	tutorial on the @cond()@ function

.e SJ-5-3 pr0017
.c sj
.a W. Gould
.t Mata matters: Translating Fortran
.k mata fortran prog-ramming prog-rams matr-ix matr-ices vec-tors
.k translate convert convers-ions code-s func-tions real scal-ars
.k return goto continue loop-s loop-ing repeat-ing trunc-ated inte-gers
.k var-iables double matastrict set spearman-s
.x
	Q3/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=pr0017!SJ 5(3):421--441@				    (no commands)
	demonstrates how to translate a Fortran program into @Mata@

.e SJ-5-3 gr0018
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Speaking Stata: The protean quantile plot
.k graph-s graph-ics graph-ing quantile-s plot-s distplot qplot
.k power-s scaling distrib-utions log-normal norm-al univar-iate
.k anal-ysis split freq-uency freq-uencies egen sum-s scat-terplots
.k tukey specie-s abundance ecolog-y whittaker broken-stick stick
.x
	Q3/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gr0018!SJ 5(3):442--460@	      (see @net: sj 5-3 gr41_3!gr41_3@ and @net: sj 5-3 gr42_3!gr42_3@ for commands)
	discusses quantile and distribution plots as used in
	the analysis of species abundance data in ecology

.e SJ-5-3 gn0029
.c sj
.a R. Bellocco
.t Review of ^Statistics for Epidemiology^ by Jewell
.k epi-demiology epi-demiological review jewell text-s book-s
.k biostat-istics stat-istics caus-ality bias-ed confound-ing effect-s
.k anal-ysis strat-ified reg-ressions study design-s relativ-e risk-s
.k odds ratio-s case-controls control-s cohort size-s samp-les logis-tic
.x
	Q3/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gn0029!SJ 5(3):461--464@				    (no commands)
	book review of ^Statistics for Epidemiology^ by Jewell (2004)

.e SJ-5-3 dm0016
.c sj
.a P. Ryan
.t Stata tip 22: Variable name abbreviation
.k var-iables name-s abbrev-iations abbrev-iate str-ings varabbrev set
.k confirm list-s * ~ ? . wildcard-s tip data-sets set-s manage-ment
.x
	Q3/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=dm0016!SJ 5(3):465--466@				    (no commands)
	tip for using @set varabbrev@ to determine whether or
	not to allow variable abbreviations

.e SJ-5-3 gr0019
.c sj
.a N. J. G. Winter
.t Stata tip 23: Regaining control over axis ranges
.k tip graph-ics graph-s graph-ing axis axes opt-ions range label-s
.x
	Q3/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gr0019!SJ 5(3):467--468@				    (no commands)
	tip for using option @axis_label_options!xlabel()@ to get a narrower x-axis

.e SJ-5-3 gr0020
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Stata tip 24: Axis labels on two or more levels
.k tip graph-s graph-ics graph-ing opt-ions axis axes
.k label-s quot-ation mark-s quot-es
.x
	Q3/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gr0020!SJ 5(3):469@				    (no commands)
	tip for specifying axis labels on multiple levels

.e SJ-5-3 @net: sj 5-3 sg139_1!sg139_1@
.c sj
.a M. Cleves and A. Tosetto
.t Software update for ^logitem^
.k stat-istics logis-tic logit reg-ressions est-imation est-imates model-s
.k sensitiv-ity specifici-ty meas-urements err-ors em algor-ithms logitem
.k logite_p
.o @logitem@ if installed
.x
	Q3/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0012!SJ 5(3):470@
	updated to include prediction program file ^logite_p^

.e SJ-5-3 @net: sj 5-3 sg149_1!sg149_1@
.c sj
.a M. S. Pearce and R. Feltbower
.t Software update for ^seast^
.k stat-istics test-s season-ally seasonality edward-s walter-s elwood-s
.k month-ly pop-ulations bina-ry outcome-s seast test-ing
.o @seast@ if installed
.x
	Q3/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0012!SJ 5(3):470@
	bug fix for ^seast^; help file and program also modernized

.e SJ-5-3 @net: sj 5-3 snp15_5!snp15_5@
.c sj
.a R. Newson
.t Software update for ^somersd^
.k stat-istics nonpar-ametric non param-etric test-s test-ing somer-sd d
.k kendall-s tau rank-sums sum-s somers_p
.k corr-elate corr-elations assoc-iations wilcox-on meth-ods cendif
.k conf-idence interv-als jack-knifed jack-nifed clus-ters clus-tering
.o @somersd@, @cendif@ if installed
.x
	Q3/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0012!SJ 5(3):470@
	^somersd^ has been improved and updated for Stata 9

.e SJ-5-3 @net: sj 5-3 st0015_2!st0015_2@
.c sj
.a T. J. Steichen and N. J. Cox
.t Software update for ^concord^
.k stat-istics concord-ance corr-elations coef-ficients lin graph-s graph-ics
.k limit-s agree-ment meas-urements compar-isons
.o @concord@ if installed
.x
	Q3/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0012!SJ 5(3):470@
	minor bug fix for ^concord^

.e SJ-5-3 @net: sj 5-3 st0026_2!st0026_2@
.c sj
.a S. O. Becker and A. Ichino
.t Software update for ^pscore^ suite
.k stat-istics propensity scor-es match-ing treat-ments effect-s ave-rages
.k evaluation-s attk attnd attnw attr atts pscore
.x
	(help @attk@, @attnd@, @attnw@, @attr@, @atts@, and @pscore@ if installed)
	Q3/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0012!SJ 5(3):470@
	bug fix for ^pscore^

.e SJ-5-3 @net: sj 5-3 st0071_2!st0071_2@
.c sj
.a M. Lokshin and Z. Sajaia
.t Software update for ^movestay^
.k stat-istics est-imation est-imates reg-ressions ml-e max-imum like-lihood
.k switch-ing endog-enous limited depend-ent var-iables
.k movestay movestay_d2 mspredict
.o @movestay@ if installed
.x
	Q3/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0012!SJ 5(3):471@
	minor bug fix and new option added for ^movestay^;
	modifications made to ^mspredict^

.e SJ-5-3 @net: sj 5-3 gr41_3!gr41_3@
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Software update for ^distplot^
.k graph-s graph-ing graph-ics plot-s cdf ecdf cumul-ative distrib-utions
.k surviv-al reliab-ility surviv-or func-tions distplot
.k tscale trscale
.o @distplot@ if installed
.x
	Q3/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0012!SJ 5(3):471@
	simplified syntax; both ^by()^ and ^over()^ are now allowed

.e SJ-5-3 @net: sj 5-3 gr42_3!gr42_3@
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Software update for ^qplot^
.k graph-s graph-ing graph-ics plot-s quantile-s quantil2 qplot
.o @qplot@ if installed
.x
	Q3/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0012!SJ 5(3):471@
	simplified syntax; both ^by()^ and ^over()^ are now allowed

.e SJ-5-2 @net: sj 5-2 st0083!st0083@
.c sj
.a M. A. Cleves
.t Exploratory analysis of SNP for quantitative traits
.k gene-tics test-s test-ing quantile-s allele-s epi-demiology epi-demiological
.k stat-istics hardy weinberg equilib-rium reg-ressions anal-ysis asymp-totic
.k linkage phenotype-s dominant effect-s linear robust genhw hwsnp qtlsnp
.k snp sing-le nucleo-tide polymorph-ism qtl biallelic mark-ers
.o @hwsnp@, @qtlsnp@, if installed
.x
	Q2/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0083!SJ 5(2):141--153@
	commands for screening and testing multiple SNPs (single
	nucleotide polymorphism) for association with quantitative
	traits

.e SJ-5-2 @net: sj 5-2 dm0012!dm0012@
.c sj
.a J. Weesie
.t Value label utilities: ^labeldup^ and ^labelrename^
.k data-sets set-s manage-ment value-s label-s mult-iple lang-uage
.k multiling-ual mlanguage dup-licates name-s rename uselabel
.k labeldup labelrename
.o @labeldup@, @labelrename@, if installed
.x
	Q2/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=dm0012!SJ 5(2):154--161@
	two utility commands for dealing with value labels that
	preserve the links between variables and value labels and
	support multilingual datasets

.e SJ-5-2 @net: sj 5-2 dm0013!dm0013@
.c sj
.a J. Weesie
.t Multilingual datasets
.k data-sets set-s manage-ment value-s label-s mult-iple lang-uage
.k uselabel name-s rename check-ing compat-ibility dup-licates fix-ed
.k multiling-ual var-iables gen-erate script-s incom-plete
.k mlang mlanguage mlanguages
.o @mlanguage@ if installed
.x
	Q2/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=dm0013!SJ 5(2):162--187@
	new utility that facilitates the creation and maintenance
	of comprehensive multilingual datasets

.e SJ-5-2 @net: sj 5-2 st0067_1!st0067_1@
.c sj
.a P. Royston
.t Multiple imputation of missing values: update
.k stat-istics data-sets set-s manage-ment miss-ing value-s
.k mult-iple multiv-ariate imput-e imput-ing imput-ation rubin-s rule-s
.k conf-idence interv-als est-imation est-imates model-s hot-deck deck
.k test-s test-ing surviv-al anal-ysis streg stcox rand-om reg-ressions
.k switch-ing pred-ictions match-ing mice
.k _mvis micombine mijoin misplit mvis uvis ice
.o @ice@, @micombine@, @mijoin@ if installed
.x
	Q2/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0067_1!SJ 5(2):188--201@
	substantial update to ^mvis^ (renamed ^ice^) and some
	improvements to ^micombine^

.e SJ-5-2 st0084
.c sj
.a J. L. Blackwell, III
.t Estimation and testing of fixed-effect panel-data systems
.k stat-istics anal-ysis panel-s data-sets set-s fix-ed effect-s
.k mult-iple equation-s seemingly unrel-ated reg-ressions hetero-skedasticity
.k hetero-scedasticity autocor-relations corr-elations test-s test-ing
.k linear comb-inations var-iables dum-my dum-mies est-imates est-imation
.k xtpcse xtgls
.x
	Q2/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0084!SJ 5(2):202--207@				    (no commands)
	describes how to specify, estimate, and test multiple-equation,
	fixed-effect, panel-data equations in Stata

.e SJ-5-2 @net: sj 5-2 gr0011!gr0011@
.c sj
.a U. Kohler and M. Luniak
.t Data inspection using biplots
.k graph-s graph-ics graph-ing plot-s biplot-s
.k colu-mns row-s dim-ensions distance-s obs-ervations var-iables arrow-s
.k biplot5 biplot8
.o @biplot8@ if installed
.x
	Q2/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gr0011!SJ 5(2):208--223@
	alternative command to @biplot@; discusses various uses of
	biplots

.e SJ-5-2 @net: sj 5-2 dm0014!dm0014@
.c sj
.a D. Muller
.t Stata in space: Econ. anal. of spatially explicit raster data
.k data-sets set-s anal-ysis geograph-ically spatial manage-ment info-rmation
.k system vector-s autocor-relations corr-elations model-s model-ing
.k raster-ized coor-dinates import-ing expor-t ascii text out-putting
.k out-puting grid-s samp-les convert convers-ions gis
.k dta2ras spatsam ras2dta
.o @dta2ras@, @ras2dta@, @spatsam@ if installed
.x
	Q2/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=dm0014!SJ 5(2):224--238@
	commands for importing geographic raster data, drawing
	systematic spatial samples, and exporting data and
	estimation results in a form usable by GIS software

.e SJ-5-2 dm0015
.c sj
.a E. Slaymaker
.t Using ^file^ to produce formatted output for other applications
.k data-sets set-s manage-ment file-s result-s adjust-ed list-s import-ing
.k expor-t ascii text out-puting out-putting html tab-ulate tab-ulations
.k spread-sheets tabl-es ereturn matr-ices matr-ix tab-s browse-r
.x
	Q2/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=dm0015!SJ 5(2):239--247@				    (no commands)
	describes how to use ^file^ to produce tables for use in
	other application software

.e SJ-5-2 gn0027
.c sj
.a S. M. Hailpern
.t Teaching statistics to physicians using Stata
.k stat-istics user-s interface menu-s teach-ing class data-sets set-s
.k manage-ment anal-ysis review biostat-istics
.x
	Q2/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gn0027!SJ 5(2):248--258@				    (no commands)
	describes the structure and content of a data analysis
	using Stata course taught within The Clinical Training
	Program (CRTP) at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine
	at Yeshiva University

.e SJ-5-2 @net: sj 5-2 gr0012!gr0012@
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Speaking Stata: Density probability plots
.k graph-s graph-ics graph-ing plot-s plot-ting kern-el dens-ity distrib-utions
.k prob-ability hist-ograms q-qplots quantile-s norm-al two-way way est-imation
.k est-imates rand-omized invnorm-al empir-ical diagnos-tics
.k qnorm probit normalden dpplot
.o @dpplot@ if installed
.x
	Q2/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gr0012!SJ 5(2):259--273@
	discusses use of density probability plots for determining
	the density function of a continuous variable, given a data
	sample; compares density probability plots with histograms,
	kernel density estimation, and quantile--quantile plots

.e SJ-5-2 gn0028
.c sj
.a S. Lemeshow and M. L. Moeschberger
.t Review of ^Regression Methods in Biostatistics^
.k book-s text-s review vittinghof glidden shiboski mcculloch gee est-imation
.k biostat-istics stat-istics linear reg-ressions anal-ysis cox glm est-imates
.k propor-tional haz-ards model-s surviv-al logis-tic gen-eralized model-ing
.x
	Q2/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gn0028!SJ 5(2):274--278@				    (no commands)
	book review of ^Regression Methods in Biostatistics:^
	^Linear, Logistic, Survival, and Repeated Measures Models^
	by Vittinghof, Glidden, Shiboski, and McCulloch (2005)

.e SJ-5-2 gr0013
.c sj
.a P. Royston
.t Stata tip 19: A way to leaner, faster graphs
.k tip graph-s graph-ics graph-ing plot-s preserve drop restore
.x
	Q2/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gr0013!SJ 5(2):279@				    (no commands)
	tip for using @preserve@ and @drop@ to clean data before
	graphing

.e SJ-5-2 gr0014
.c sj
.a D. A. Harrison
.t Stata tip 20: Generating histogram bin variables
.k tip hist-ograms width bin-s range graph-s graph-ics two-way way gen-erate
.k func-tions var-iables twoway__function_gen
.x
	Q2/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gr0014!SJ 5(2):280--281@				    (no commands)
	tip illustrating the use of @twoway__histogram_gen@ for
	creation of complex histograms and other graphs or tables

.e SJ-5-2 gr0015
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Stata tip 21: The arrows of outrageous fortune
.k tip graph-s graph-ics graph-ing way two-way pair-s pair-ed coor-dinates
.k pcarrow plot-s arrow-s pop-ulations
.x
	Q2/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gr0015!SJ 5(2):282--284@				    (no commands)
	tip for using @graph twoway pcarrow@ for graphing changes
	over time

.e SJ-5-2 @net: sj 5-2 sed9_2!sed9_2@
.c sj
.a P. Sasieni, P. Royston, and N. J. Cox
.t Software update for ^running^
.k graph-s lowess smooth-ing loess local-ly weight-ed scat-terplots plot-s ksm
.k reg-ressions noise two-way way graph-ics stat-istics display robust bina-ry
.k running line-s conf-idence interv-als
.o @running@ if installed
.x
	Q2/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0011!SJ 5(2):285@
	^running^ rewritten to support Stata 8 graphics and otherwise
	modernized;  now attributable to the three authors named above

.e SJ-5-2 @net: sj 5-2 snp2_1!snp2_1@
.c sj
.a R. Goldstein
.t Software update for ^friedman^
.k friedman anova test-s test-ing anal-ysis variance-s
.k kendall-s coef-ficients concordance agree-ment rank-ings
.k nonpar-ametric non param-etric stat-istics genvsum
.o @friedman@, @genvsum@, @kendall@ if installed
.x
	Q2/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0011!SJ 5(2):285@
	bug fix for ^friedman^

.e SJ-5-2 @net: sj 5-2 st0033_1!st0033_1@
.c sj
.a M. J. Moreira and B. P. Poi
.t Software update for ^condivreg^
.k stat-istics instrum-ental var-iables iv-reg test-s test-ing wald weak
.k like-lihoodratio ratio-s scor-e similar conf-idence region-s interv-als
.k 2sls two stage least sq-uares structur-al simult-aneous eq-uations
.k est-imates est-imation graph-s graph-ics graph-ing cond-itional
.k liml limited info-rmation max-imum like-lihood
.k condgraph condivreg condtest
.x
	(help @condgraph@, @condivreg@, @condtest@ if installed)
	Q2/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0011!SJ 5(2):285@
	bug fix for ^condivreg^

.e SJ-5-2 @net: sj 5-2 st0045_1!st0045_1@
.c sj
.a L. Cappellari & S. P. Jenkins
.t Software update for ^mvprobit^ and ^mvppred^
.k stat-istics max-imum like-lihood ml-e multiv-ariate probit reg-ressions
.k est-imation est-imates bina-ry outcome-s dicho-tomous
.k model-s ghk simulator simul-ations mvppred mvprob_ll mvprobit
.o @mvppred@, @mvprobit@ if installed
.x
	Q2/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0011!SJ 5(2):285@
	software updated with an option for using antithetic
	acceleration (to reduce simulation variance) and also
	updated to allow the ^technique()^ option of @ml@

.e SJ-5-2 @net: sj 5-2 st0053_2!st0053_2@
.c sj
.a R. G. Gutierrez, J. M. Linhart, and J. S. Pitblado
.t Software update for ^locpoly^
.k linear local-ly poly-nomials smooth-ing kern-els
.k reg-ressions locpoly plugin-s dll-s
.x
	(help @locpoly@ if installed)
	Q2/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0011!SJ 5(2):285@
	bug fix for ^locpoly^; dialog boxes updated for Stata 9

.e SJ-5-1 gn0017
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t A brief history of Stata on its 20th anniversary
.k tech-nical bulle-tin upd-ates upd-ating journal-s stb-s backward
.k stata lang-uage histor-y prog-ramming prog-rams win-dows meeting-s
.k creat-e creat-ed software statalist design-s platf-orms group-s
.k gould becketti c ado-files file-s .ado user-s writ-ten compat-ibility
.k add-itions web-sites site-s www internet lang-uage unix mac-intosh
.k anniversary stata-quest quest crc kit-s
.x
	Q1/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gn0017!SJ 5(1):2--18@				    (no commands)
	history and timeline of Stata's development

.e SJ-5-1 gn0018
.c sj
.a H. J. Newton
.t A conversation with William Gould
.k gould synt-ax design-s weight-ed weight-s weight-ing
.k ado-files file-s do-files histor-y anniversary kit-s stata
.k tech-nical bulle-tin journal-s stb-s crc
.x
	Q1/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gn0018!SJ 5(1):19--31@				    (no commands)
	interview with William Gould, President of StataCorp

.e SJ-5-1 gn0019
.c sj
.a S. Becketti
.t In at the creation
.k gould becketti histor-y stata design-s software creat-e creat-ed
.k prog-ramming prog-rams pars-e pars-ing pause
.x
	Q1/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gn0019!SJ 5(1):32--34@				    (no commands)
	a first-hand account of Stata's early history

.e SJ-5-1 gn0020
.c sj
.a L. Hamilton
.t A short history of ^Statistics with Stata^
.k book-s text-s software stata prog-ramming prog-rams
.k histor-y stat-istics reg-ressions anal-ysis data-sets set-s
.k anniversary graph-s graph-ics anniversary plot-s
.x
	Q1/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gn0020!SJ 5(1):35--37@				    (no commands)
	a history of ^Statistics with Stata^, as told by its author

.e SJ-5-1 gn0021
.c sj
.a T. Lachenbruch
.t Memories of Stata
.k anniversary histor-y stata miss-ing value-s
.x
	Q1/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gn0021!SJ 5(1):38@					    (no commands)
	author recalls first experiences with Stata

.e SJ-5-1 gn0022
.c sj
.a J. M. Hilbe
.t The birth of the bulletin
.k anniversary histor-y stata crc stb-s stata tech-nical bulle-tin journal-s
.k prog-rams
.x
	Q1/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gn0022!SJ 5(1):39--40@				    (no commands)
	history of the ^Stata Technical Bulletin^

.e SJ-5-1 gn0023
.c sj
.a J. T. Anagnoson
.t The history of StataQuest
.k anniversary histor-y stata-quest quest crc duxbury
.x
	Q1/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gn0023!SJ 5(1):41--42@				    (no commands)
	a brief history of the development of StataQuest and Stata

.e SJ-5-1 gn0024
.c sj
.a P. Royston
.t Stata at 20: a personal view
.k anniversary histor-y stata backward compat-ibility biturbo
.k kit-s ado-files file-s .ado do-files version-s control stage
.x
	Q1/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gn0024!SJ 5(1):43--45@				    (no commands)
	an example of backwards compatibility and a brief history
	of Stata

.e SJ-5-1 st0080
.c sj
.a C. F. Baum
.t Stata: The language of choice for time-series analysis?
.k anniversary
.k stata lang-uage rollreg time-series series anal-ysis data-sets set-s
.k model-s model-ing mov-ing win-dow reg-ressions histor-y panel-s
.k manage-ment obs-ervations egen graph-s graph-ics graph-ing arima
.k oper-ators summ-arize newey-west west test-s test-ing unit root-s
.k dickey fuller phillips-perron perron lag-s dfuller dfgls ivreg2
.k tsline tsline tsspell tsgraph kpss kwiatkowski tsmktim mvsumm mvcorr
.k stat-istics
.x
	Q1/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0080!SJ 5(1):46--63@				    (no commands)
	discusses the use of Stata for the analysis of time series
	and panel data.

.e SJ-5-1 @net: sj 5-1 st0081!st0081@
.c sj
.a M. N. Mitchell and X. Chen
.t Visualizing main effects & interactions for binary logit mod.
.k main effect-s bina-ry logis-tic logit reg-ressions model-s pred-ictions
.k prob-ability cov-ariances odds ratio-s graph-s graph-ics graph-ing
.k gen-erate var-iables dum-my dum-mies vibl viblicc viblidb vibligraph
.k viblmcc viblmgraph pred-icted interact-ions prvalue postgr3 xi3 prgen
.k spost spostado
.k stat-istics
.x
	(help @vibl@, @viblicc@, @viblidb@, @vibligraph@, @viblmcc@, @viblmdb@,
	@viblmgraph@ if installed)
	Q1/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0081!SJ 5(1):64--82@
	presents new package ^vibl^ as visualization tool for
	interpreting main effects and interactions in logit models
	when using predicted probabilities

.e SJ-5-1 pr0015
.c sj
.a I. Watson
.t Further proc. of estimation results: Basic prog. with matrices
.k matr-ices matr-ix prog-ramming prog-rams est-imates est-imation
.k stat-istics result-s adjust-ed list-s display-ing summ-ary summ-arize
.k forvalues func-tions spread-sheets j
.x
	Q1/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=pr0015!SJ 5(1):83--91@				    (no commands)
	processing estimation results within Stata instead of
	using a 3rd party program, such as a spreadsheet editor

.e SJ-5-1 @net: sj 5-1 st0082!st0082@
.c sj
.a B. Jann
.t Tabulation of multiple responses
.k mult-iple response-s var-iables test-s test-ing
.k tab-ulate tab-ulations data-sets set-s manage-ment tabstat
.k _mrsvmat mrgraph mrtab one-way two-way format-s format-ting
.k format-ted like-lihood ratio-s graph-s graph-ics graph-ing
.k plot-s bar-s indica-tor polyt-omous
.o @_mrsvmat@, @mrgraph@, @mrtab@ if installed
.x
	Q1/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0082!SJ 5(1):92--122@
	introduces new commands for the computation of one- and
	two-way tables of multiple responses

.e SJ-5-1 @net:sj 5-1 st0013_1!st0013_1@
.c sj
.a F. M.-S. Barthel, P. Royston & A. Babiker
.t Sample size calculation: Update
.k stat-istics samp-les size determ-ination test-s test-ing
.k log-ranks rank-s box-es menu-s dial-ogs dial-ogues time vary-ing haz-ards
.k cross-over tarone ware harrington fleming trend surviv-al bina-ry outcome-s
.k fail-ure rct-s rand-omized control-led trial-s ernull errange
.k art one-sided alpha artbin artbindlg artformatnos artmenu artpep
.k artsurv artsurvdlg
.x
	(help @artbin@, @artbindlg@, @artmenu@, @artpep@, @artsurv@,
	@artsurvdlg@, @artwhastsnew@ if installed)
	Q1/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0013_1!SJ 5(1):123--129@
	an update to a menu-driven front end for complex sample size
	calculation in randomized controlled trials with a survival
	or a binary outcome; renamed ^ART^

.e SJ-5-1 gn0025
.c sj
.a R. Newson
.t Review of ^Generalized Latent Variable Modeling^
.k book-s text-s review skrondal rabe-hesketh hesketh
.k stat-istics latent model-s gen-eralized model-ing linear glm
.k gllamm glvm
.x
	Q1/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gn0025!SJ 5(1):130--133@				    (no commands)
	book review of ^Generalized Latent Variable Modeling^ by
	Skrondal and Rabe-Hesketh

.e SJ-5-1 dm0010
.c sj
.a U. Kohler
.t Stata tip 16: Using ^input^ to generate variables
.k tip gen-erate input data-sets set-s manage-ment var-iables
.x
	Q1/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=dm0010!SJ 5(1):134@				    (no commands)
	tips for using ^input^ to generate variables

.e SJ-5-1 dm0011
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Stata tip 17: Filling in the gaps
.k tip fillin gap-s data-sets set-s manage-ment fill
.k cross structure obs-ervations
.x
	Q1/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=dm0011!SJ 5(1):135--136@				    (no commands)
	tips for using ^fillin^ to fill in gaps in a rectangular
	data structure

.e SJ-5-1 gn0026
.c sj
.a S. Driver
.t Stata tip 18: Making keys functional
.k tip key-board edit-ing f-keys key-s global-ly def-ine
.x
	Q1/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gn0026!SJ 5(1):137--138@				    (no commands)
	tips for creating custom definitions for F-keys in Stata

.e SJ-5-1 @net: sj 5-1 dm86_1!dm86_1@
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Software update for ^swor^
.k samp-les data-sets set-s manage-ment rand-om samp-ling draw witho-ut
.k replacem-ent strat-ified size-s swor
.o @swor@ if installed
.x
	Q1/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0010!SJ 5(1):139@
	^swor^ rewritten to use ^sort, stable^ for reproducibility and
	^sortpreserve^ for compatibility; help file also modernized

.e SJ-5-1 @net: sj 5-1 snp12_1!snp12_1@
.c sj
.a P. Sasieni
.t Software update for ^npt_s^
.k nptrend stat-istics
.k test-s test-ing trend nonpar-ametric non param-etric order-ed group-s
.k strat-ified strat-um strata strat-ification npt_s dotplot srank
.o @npt_s@ if installed
.x
	Q1/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0010!SJ 5(1):139@
	bug fix for ^npt_s^

.e SJ-5-1 @net: sj 5-1 st0053_1!st0053_1@
.c sj
.a R. Gutierrez, J. M. Linhart, and J. S. Pitblado
.t Software update for ^locpoly^
.k linear local-ly poly-nomials smooth-ing kern-els
.k reg-ressions locpoly plugin-s dll-s
.x
	(help @locpoly@ if installed)
	Q1/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0010!SJ 5(1):139@
	bug fix for ^locpoly^

.e SJ-5-1 @net: sj 5-1 st0071_1!st0071_1@
.c sj
.a M. Lokshin and Z. Sajaia
.t Software update for ^movestay^
.k stat-istics est-imation est-imates reg-ressions ml-e max-imum like-lihood
.k switch-ing endog-enous limited depend-ent var-iables
.k movestay movestay_d2 mspredict
.o @movestay@ if installed
.x
	Q1/05	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0010!SJ 5(1):139@
	bug fix for ^movestay^

.e SJ-4-4 @net: sj 4-4 gr0008!gr0008@
.c sj
.a M. Pisati
.t Simple thematic mapping
.k choro-pleth theme themat-ic propor-tional symb-ols dev-iations
.k dot-s label-s map-ping spatial distrib-utions graph-s graph-ics
.k graph-ing plot-s area-s point-s data-sets set-s mark-ers mark-s
.k shad-es shad-ing tmap_choropleth tmap_deviation tmap_dot
.k tmap_label tmap_propsymbol tmap propsymbol
.o @tmap@ if installed
.x
	Q4/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gr0008!SJ 4(4):361--378@
	package for drawing choropleth, proportional symbol,
	deviation, dot, and label thematic maps

.e SJ-4-4 @net: sj 4-4 st0074!st0074@
.c sj
.a R. Newson
.t Generalized power calculations for GLMs and more
.k stat-istics est-imates est-imation detect-able
.k power-s alpha signif-icant signif-icance level-s diff-erences ratio-s
.k samp-les samp-ling num-bers stand-ard dev-iations influ-ence
.k func-tions design-s gen-eralized linear model-s glm propor-tions
.k arith-metic mean-s alge-braic geom-etric odds calcul-ate calcul-ations
.k sampsi point-s plot-s curv-es size-s rank-sums case-s control-s
.k powercal
.o @powercal@ if installed
.x
	Q4/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0074!SJ 4(4):379--401@
	generalized power calculations from power, significance
	level, detectable difference, sample number, and standard
	deviation of the influence function

.e SJ-4-4 st0075
.c sj
.a Z. Fewell, M.A. Hernan, F. Wolfe, K. Tilling, H. Choi, J.A.C. Sterne
.t Controlling time-dep. confounding using marg. struct. models
.k stat-istics est-imates est-imation
.k marginal structur-al model-s caus-al weight-ed weight-s weight-ing
.k surviv-al logis-tic confound-ing reg-ressions anal-ysis
.k longi-tudinal expos-ures effect-s cohort panel-s studies study
.k time depend-ent inv-erse prob-ability treat-ments spbase censor-ed
.k censor-ing
.x
	Q4/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0075!SJ 4(4):402--420@				    (no commands)
	describes the use of marginal structural models to
	estimate exposure or treatment effects in the presence
	of time-dependent confounders affected by prior treatment

.e SJ-4-4 @net: sj 4-4 st0076!st0076@
.c sj
.a M. E. Reichenheim
.t Confidence intervals for the kappa statistic
.k stat-istics
.k kapci reliab-ility kap-pa conf-idence inter-vals interrat-er
.k agree-ment rater-s rat-ings kapci _bs_cross
.o @kapci@ if installed
.x
	Q4/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0076!SJ 4(4):421--428@
	confidence intervals for the kappa statistic

.e SJ-4-4 @net: sj 4-4 st0077!st0077@
.c sj
.a M. Bottai and N. Orsini
.t CIs for the variance comp. of random-effects linear models
.k xtreg ml-e max-imum like-lihood variance-s compon-ents scor-e test-s
.k test-ing rand-om effect-s linear model-s stat-istics anal-ysis reg-ressions
.k distrib-utions asymp-totic ratio-s conf-idence inter-vals reg-ions
.k est-imates est-imating est-imation xtvc
.o @xtvc@ if installed
.x
	Q4/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0077!SJ 4(4):429--435@
	confidence intervals for the variance components of
	random-effects linear regression models.

.e SJ-4-4 @net: sj 4-4 st0078!st0078@
.c sj
.a B. F. Braumoeller
.t Boolean logit and probit in Stata
.k mlboolean boolean probit logit dicho-tomous depend-ent var-iables
.k mult-iple caus-al path-s complex rand-om util-ity logic-al link
.k func-tions latent model-s post
.k stat-istics est-imates est-imation est-imating
.k mlboolfirst mlboollog mlboolpred mlboolprep mlboolprob
.o @mlboolean@ if installed
.x
	Q4/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0078!SJ 4(4):436--441@
	discusses Boolean logit and probit models that allow
	researchers to model binary outcomes as the results of
	Boolean interactions among interdependent causal processes

.e SJ-4-4 st0079
.c sj
.a A. McDowell
.t Help desk: Seemingly unrelated reg. with unbalanced equations
.k sur-e sureg reg3 seemingly unrel-ated reg-ressions unbal-anced eq-uations
.k general-ized gee append data-sets set-s stat-istics est-imates est-imating
.k est-imation fit model-s xt-gee
.x
	Q4/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0079!SJ 4(4):442--448@				    (no commands)
	demonstrates how to estimate the parameters of a system
	of seemingly unrelated regressions when the equations
	are unbalanced

.e SJ-4-4 @net: sj 4-4 gr0009!gr0009@
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Speaking Stata: Graphing model diagnostics
.k stat-istics graph-ics graph-ing graph-s plot-s
.k diagnos-tics reg-ressions model-s response-s var-iables
.k prob-ability predict resid-uals mspline two-way abs-olute
.k value-s root-s hetero-skedasticity hetero-skedasticity square-d
.k square-s est-imates est-imation result-s drop-lines mean-s
.k quantile-s nor-mail gauss-ian anova
.k anovaplot indexplot modeldiag ofrtplot ovfplot qfrplot racplot
.k rdplot regplot rhetplot rvfplot2 rvlrplot rvpplot2
.x
	(help @anovaplot@, @indexplot@, @modeldiag@, @ofrtplot@, @ovfplot@,
	@qfrplot@, @racplot@, @rdplot@, @regplot@, @rhetplot@, @rvfplot2@,
	@rvlrplot@, @rvpplot2@ if installed)
	Q4/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gr0009!SJ 4(4):449--475@
	plotting diagnostic information calculated from residuals
	and fitted values from regression models with continuous
	responses

.e SJ-4-4 gn0014
.c sj
.a U. Kohler
.t Review of ^A Visual Guide to Stata Graphics^ by Mitchell
.k book-s text-s review mitchell
.k graph-ics graph-ing graph-s plot-s stata lang-uage
.x
	Q4/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gn0014!SJ 4(4):476--479@				    (no commands)
	book review of ^A Visual Guide to Stata Graphics^
	by M. Mitchell (2004)

.e SJ-4-4 gn0015
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Review of ^Statistical Evaluation of Measurement Errors^ by Dunn
.k book-s text-s review dunn
.k stat-istics meas-urements err-ors data-sets set-s gllamm model-s
.x
	Q4/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gn0015!SJ 4(4):480--483@				    (no commands)
	book review of ^Statistical Evaluation of Measurement^
	^Errors^ by G. Dunn (2004)

.e SJ-4-4 dm0008
.c sj
.a R. Newson
.t Stata tip 13: ^generate^ and ^replace^ use the current sort order
.k tip gen-erate replace sort data-sets set-s manage-ment obs-ervations
.x
	Q4/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=dm0008!SJ 4(4):484--485@				    (no commands)
	tips for using ^generate^ and ^replace^, which use the
	current sort order

.e SJ-4-4 dm0009
.c sj
.a K. Higbee
.t Stata tip 14: Using value labels in expressions
.k tip label-s var-iables value-s data-sets set-s manage-ment
.k quot-ation mark-s quot-es
.x
	Q4/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=dm0009!SJ 4(4):486--487@				    (no commands)
	tips for using value labels in expressions

.e SJ-4-4 gr0010
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Stata tip 15: Function graphs on the fly
.k tip graph-s graph-ics graph-ing func-tions two-way
.x
	Q4/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gr0010!SJ 4(4):488--489@				    (no commands)
	tips for graphing functions using ^graph twoway function^

.e SJ-4-4 @net: sj 4-4 gr3_2!gr3_2@
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Software update for ^gr6^; renamed ^scat3^
.k 3-dimensional dimen-sional three-dimensional graph-s graph-ics
.k gr3-q gr3save gr3set gr3use restore _3dax0 _3daxmin _3daxout _3daxtbl
.k _3ddflts _3dmkdta _3dmnmx _3dproj _3drproj _3drshow _3dshad _3dsvusr
.k scat3 gr3
.o @scat3@ if installed
.x
	Q4/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0009!SJ 4(4):490@
	command for showing projections of 3-dimensional scatterplots;
	ported to Stata 8 and renamed ^scat3^

.e SJ-4-4 @net: sj 4-4 gr22_1!gr22_1@
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Software update for ^bsmplot^
.k smooth-ing stat-istics graph-s graph-ics smooth-ers resist-ant robust
.k hann-ing nonlin-ear noise med-ians two-way way scat-terplots plot-s
.k bsmplot binom-ial filter
.o @bsmplot@ if installed
.x
	Q4/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0009!SJ 4(4):490@
	binomial smoothing plot program rewritten so that it now
	produces Stata 8 graphs

.e SJ-4-4 @net: sj 4-4 gr0001_1!gr0001_1@
.c sj
.a P. Van Kerm and S. P. Jenkins
.t Software update for ^glcurve7^; renamed ^glcurve^
.k stat-istics lorenz curv-es graph-s graph-ing graph-ics distrib-utions
.k income glc general-ized inequal-ity meas-ures
.k disper-sion segre-gation glcurve-7
.k concentra-tion tip
.o @glcurve@ if installed
.x
	Q4/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0009!SJ 4(4):490@
	^glcurve^, formerly ^glcurve7^, ported to Stata 8 and revised
	to current graphics style

.e SJ-4-4 @net: sj 4-4 sbe36_2!sbe36_2@
.c sj
.a P. T. Seed and A. Tobias
.t Software update for ^diagt^
.k stat-istics sensitiv-ity specifici-ty diagnos-tics test-s conting-ency
.k tabl-es epi-demiological epi-demiology conf-idence interv-als predictive
.k value-s ppv npv preva-lence diagtest diagt-i immed-iate test-ing
.k odd-s ratio-s like-lihood roc receiver-s operating curv-es substitut-ion
.o @diagt@ if installed
.x
	Q4/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0009!SJ 4(4):490@
	new options added to ^diagt^

.e SJ-4-4 @net: sj 4-4 sg159_1!sg159_1@
.c sj
.a P. T. Seed
.t Software update for ^ci2^ and ^cii2^
.k stat-istics conf-idence interv-als mean-s propor-tions immed-iate ave-rages
.k stand-ard err-ors std binom-ial distrib-utions exact test-s hyp-othesis
.k hyp-otheses corr-elations coef-ficients spearman-s rank-s fisher-s
.k transfo-rmations pearson-s prod-uct mom-ent ci-2 cii-2 test-ing
.o @ci2@ if installed
.x
	Q4/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0009!SJ 4(4):490@
	^ci2^ and ^cii2^ updated to work with Stata 7.0 and later;
	bug fix for ^cii2^

.e SJ-4-4 @net: sj 4-4 sqv10_1!sqv10_1@
.c sj
.a D. Blanchette
.t Software update for ^mcross^
.k cat-egorical logis-tic logit mcross stat-istics reg-ressions multin-omial
.k polyt-omous mlogit case-control control-s odds ratio-s risk-s pred-ictions
.k est-imates qualita-tive model-s
.o @mcross@, if installed
.x
	Q4/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0009!SJ 4(4):490@
	^mcross^ updated to extend support to @mlogit@ and @svymlogit@;
	original program by W. H. Rogers

.e SJ-4-4 @net: sj 4-4 st0015_1!st0015_1@
.c sj
.a T. J. Steichen and N. J. Cox
.t Software update for ^concord^
.k stat-istics concord-ance corr-elations coef-ficients lin graph-s graph-ics
.k limit-s agree-ment meas-urements compar-isons
.o @concord@ if installed
.x
	Q4/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0009!SJ 4(4):491@
	rewritten to provide dialog, Stata 8 graphs, and two
	new tests

.e SJ-4-4 @net: sj 4-4 st0038_1!st0038_1@
.c sj
.a O. M. G. Keshk
.t Software update for ^cdsimeq^
.k stat-istics est-imation est-imates probit bina-ry outcome-s model-s
.k continu-ous dicho-tomous endog-enous simult-aneous eq-uations 2spls 2sls
.k instrum-ental var-iables two stage least sq-uares reg-ressions
.k std err-ors stand-ard amemiya maddala cdsimeq
.o @cdsimeq@ if installed
.x
	Q4/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0009!SJ 4(4):491@
	updated to allow all postestimation commands except
	^lrtest^ and ^suest^

.e SJ-4-4 @net: sj 4-4 st0058_2!st0058_2@
.c sj
.a J. M. Linhart, J. S. Pitblado, and J. Hassell
.t Software update for ^stsatrisk^
.k risk-s tabl-es surviv-al anal-ysis fail-ure kaplan-meier meier
.k stat-istics plot-s plot-ting graph-s graph-ics graph-ing stcox
.k sts stsatrisk
.x
	(help @stsatrisk@ if installed)
	Q4/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0009!SJ 4(4):491@
	bug fix for ^stsatrisk.ado^

.e SJ-4-3 @net:sj 4-3 st0067!st0067@
.c sj
.a P. Royston
.t Multiple imputation of missing values
.k stat-istics data-sets set-s manage-ment miss-ing value-s
.k mult-iple multiv-ariate imput-e imput-ing imput-ation rubin-s rule-s
.k conf-idence interv-als est-imation est-imates model-s hot-deck deck
.k test-s test-ing surviv-al anal-ysis streg stcox rand-om reg-ressions
.k switch-ing pred-ictions match-ing mice
.k _mvis micombine mijoin misplit mvis uvis
.o @micombine@, @mijoin@, @mvis@ if installed
.x
	Q3/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0067!SJ 4(3):227--241@
	implementation of the MICE (multivariate imputation by
	chained equations) method of multiple multivariate data
	imputation

.e SJ-4-3 @net:sj 4-3 gr32_1!gr32_1@
.c sj
.a A. Alexandersson
.t Graphing confidence ellipses: An update of ^ellip^ for Stata 8
.k graph-s graph-ics graph-ing ellip-ses conf-idence var-iables
.k mean-s err-ors variance-s linear reg-ressions distrib-utions
.k gphdt gphsave parsoptp
.o @ellip@, @ellip_dlg@ if installed
.x
	Q3/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gr32_1!SJ 4(3):242--256@
	^ellip^ command for graphing confidence ellipses updated
	to use Stata 8 graphics and provide new features

.e SJ-4-3 @net:sj 4-3 st0068!st0068@
.c sj
.a L. G. Kim and I. R. White
.t Compliance-adjusted intervention effects in survival data
.k stat-istics est-imates est-imation haz-ards surviv-al anal-ysis compl-y
.k compl-iance adjust-ed effect-s data-sets set-s manage-ment
.k propor-tional ratio-s neg-ative weight-ing weight-s stcomply
.k treat-ments
.o @stcomply@ if installed
.x
	Q3/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0068!SJ 4(3):257--264@
	command for presenting a compliance-adjusted analysis
	using proportional hazards techniques to provide the
	treatment effect for compliers when compliance is
	measured on an all-or-nothing scale

.e SJ-4-3 st0069
.c sj
.a P. Guimaraes
.t Understanding the multinomial-Poisson transformation
.k stat-istics poisson reg-ressions logit cond-itional clogit multin-omial
.k model-s transfo-rmations data-sets set-s manage-ment like-lihood
.x
	Q3/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0069!SJ 4(3):265--273@				    (no commands)
	discusses the data transformations required to transform
	a Poisson regression into a logit model and vice versa

.e SJ-4-3 @net:sj 4-3 st0070!st0070@
.c sj
.a P. Cummings and B. McKnight
.t Analysis of matched cohort data
.k stat-istics est-imation est-imates anal-ysis match-ed
.k match-ing pair-s odd-s risk-s ratio-s cond-itional poisson reg-ressions
.k case-controls control-s study studies cohort mcc csmatch
.o @csmatch@ if installed
.x
	Q3/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0070!SJ 4(3):274--281@
	command for estimating risk ratios using matched-pair
	cohort data

.e SJ-4-3 @net:sj 4-3 st0071!st0071@
.c sj
.a M. Lokshin and Z. Sajaia
.t Maximum likelihood est. of endogenous switching reg. models
.k stat-istics est-imation est-imates reg-ressions ml-e max-imum like-lihood
.k switch-ing endog-enous limited depend-ent var-iables
.k movestay movestay_d2 mspredict
.o @movestay@ if installed
.x
	Q3/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0071!SJ 4(3):282--289@
	implementation of the maximum likelihood method for
	fitting endogenous switching regression models

.e SJ-4-3 @net:sj 4-3 st0072!st0072@
.c sj
.a A. Abadie, D. Drukker, J. L. Herr, and G. W. Imbens
.t Implementing matching estimators for avg. treatment effects
.k stat-istics est-imation est-imates match-ing treat-ments
.k effect-s ave-rages non confound-ing exog-enous exog-eneity
.k unconfound-ing nnmatch
.x
	(help @nnmatch@ if installed)
	Q3/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0072!SJ 4(3):290--311@
	provides a nearest-neighbor matching estimator for
	average treatment effects for either the overall sample
	or a subsample of treated or control units

.e SJ-4-3 @net:sj 4-3 st0073!st0073@
.c sj
.a B. P. Poi
.t From the help desk: Some bootstrapping techniques
.k anal-ysis boot-strapped boot-strapping conf-idence interv-als
.k percent-iles t bssize depend-ent norm-al approx-imations
.k stat-istics bias-ed correct-ed depen-dent process-es
.o @bssize@ if installed
.x
	Q3/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0073!SJ 4(3):312--328@
	discusses bootstrapping methods and Stata's @bootstrap@
	command; provides new command ^bssize^ for choosing the
	number of bootstrap replications

.e SJ-4-3 gr0005
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Speaking Stata: Graphing agreement and disagreement
.k graph-s graph-ics graph-ing compar-isons agree-ment
.k data-sets set-s pair-ed panel-s plot-s scat-terplots
.k diff-erences mean-s paral-lel line-s coor-dinates
.k parplot pairplot linkplot tukey
.x
	Q3/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gr0005!SJ 4(3):329--349@				    (no commands)
	how to select the right graph to portray comparison or
	assessment of agreement or disagreement between data
	measured on identical scales

.e SJ-4-3 gn0013
.c sj
.a N. Winter
.t Review of ^A Handbook of Statistical Analyses Using Stata^
.k stat-istics rabe hesketh everitt gllamm stata text-s book-s
.k book-store intro-duction teach-ing review
.x
	Q3/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gn0013!SJ 4(3):350--353@				    (no commands)
	book review of ^A Handbook of Statistical Analyses Using^
	^Stata, 3rd ed^ by Rabe-Hesketh and Everitt, 2004

.e SJ-4-3 gr0006
.c sj
.a P. Ryan and N. Winter
.t Stata tip 10: Fine control of axis title positions
.k tip graph-s graph-ics graph-ing opt-ions axis axes
.k label-s titl-es gap-s position-s locat-ions margin-s
.x
	Q3/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gr0006!SJ 4(3):354--355@				    (no commands)
	tips for controlling axis title positions

.e SJ-4-3 pr0014
.c sj
.a P. Royston
.t The ^nolog^ option with maximum-likelihood modeling commands
.k tip stat-istics est-imates est-imation
.k nolog log-s ml-e max-imum like-lihood
.x
	Q3/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=pr0014!SJ 4(3):356@					    (no commands)
	tip for using the ^nolog^ option to prevent the display of
	an iteration log

.e SJ-4-3 gr0007
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Stata tip 12: Tuning the plot region aspect ratio
.k tip graph-s graph-ics graph-ing opt-ions aspect ratio size-s
.k plot-s region-s
.x
	Q3/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gr0007!SJ 4(3):357--358@				    (no commands)
	tips for using the ^aspect()^ option to alter the shape
	of a graph

.e SJ-4-3 @net:sj 4-3 st0043_1!st0043_1@
.c sj
.a R. Newson
.t Updates for ^sencode^, ^listtex^, ^ingap^, ^factext^, & ^descsave^
.k stat-istics conf-idence interv-als ci-i p-values value-s
.k tabl-es plot-s tex latex format-s format-ting tab-ulate tab-ulations html
.k descsave dsconcat eclplot factext factmerg factref ingap
.k format-ted display-ing output-ting output-ing
.k est-imation est-imates result-s reshape
.k lincomest lincomest_p tostring listtex parmby parmest sencode
.x
	(help @descsave@, @dsconcat@, @eclplot@, @factext@, @factmerg@, @factref@,
	@ingap@, @lincomest@, @listtex@, @parmest@, @sencode@ if installed)
	Q3/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0008!SJ 4(3):359@
	software updates for ^sencode^, ^listtex^, ^ingap^, ^factext^,
	^factmerg^, ^factref^, and ^descsave^

.e SJ-4-3 @net:sj 4-3 gr0002_3!gr0002_3@
.c sj
.a S. Juul
.t Software update for ^scheme-lean2.scheme^
.k graph-s graph-ics graph-ing scheme-s
.k default style-s color-style .gph gph lean1 lean2 lean
.k scheme_lean scheme_lean1 scheme_lean2
.x
	(help @scheme_lean@, @scheme_lean1@, and @scheme_lean2@ if installed)
	Q3/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0008!SJ 4(3):359@
	software update for ^scheme-lean2.scheme^ due to changes
	in Stata 8.2 behavior

.e SJ-4-3 @net:sj 4-3 st0063_1!st0063_1@
.c sj
.a E. C. Norton, H. Wang, and C. Ai
.t Software update for ^inteff^
.k interact-ions term-s logit probit model-s est-imation est-imates
.k stat-istics nonlin-ear graph-s graph-ing graph-ics marginal effect-s
.k inteff logit_dd probit_cd logit_cc probit_dd logit_cd probit_cc
.o @inteff@ if installed
.x
	Q3/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0008!SJ 4(3):359@
	bug fix for ^inteff^

.e SJ-4-3 @net:sj 4-3 sg144_1!sg144_1@
.c sj
.a R. Cong
.t Software update for ^dtobit^
.k stat-istics tobit marginal effect-s mcdonald moffitt decomp-osition
.k censor-ed norm-al reg-ressions dtobit
.o @dtobit@ if installed
.x
	Q3/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0008!SJ 4(3):359@
	bug fix for ^dtobit^

.e SJ-4-2 @net:sj 4-2 st0059!st0059@
.c sj
.a V. Coviello and M. Boggess
.t Cumulative incidence est. in the presence of competing risks
.k stat-istics stcompet prob-ability prob-abilities fail-ure cumul-ative
.k incid-ence surviv-al anal-ysis func-tions competing risk-s
.k kaplan-meier meier est-imates est-imation haz-ards
.o @stcompet@ if installed
.x
	Q2/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0059!SJ 4(2):103--112@
	estimates cumulative incidence, its standard error, and
	ln(-ln) transformed confidence bounds when competing risks
	are present in a survival analysis

.e SJ-4-2 @net:sj 4-2 st0060!st0060@
.c sj
.a A. Petrin, B. P. Poi, and J. Levinsohn
.t Production function est. using inputs to control unobservables
.k stat-istics est-imates est-imation production func-tions shoc-ks input-s
.k level-s endog-enous endogeneity ordinary ols least sq-uared
.k sq-uares min-imization min-imize boot-strapped
.k gmm general-ized meth-ods mom-ents
.k levpet levpet_p lp_bs_ss lp_gmm lp_gmm_grid lp_srch nllp_bs_gmm
.o @levpet@ if installed
.x
	Q2/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0060!SJ 4(2):113--123@
	implements the Levinsohn and Petrin approach that uses
	intermediate inputs as proxies for unobservable shocks
	to estimate the production function

.e SJ-4-2 @net:sj 4-2 pr0012!pr0012@
.c sj
.a T. J. Steichen
.t Submenu and dialogs for meta-analysis commands
.k meta anal-ysis metan dial-ogs dial-ogues box-es
.k prog-ramming prog-rams win-dows control-s creat-e menu-s creat-ed
.k funnel galbr labbe meta-bias metacum metafunnel metainf metaninf
.k metannt metap metareg metatrim meta_dialog metadialog
.o @meta_dialog@ if installed
.x
	Q2/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=pr0012!SJ 4(2):124--126@
	provides Stata dialog boxes and commands to create a submenu
	for publicly available meta-analysis commands

.e SJ-4-2 @net:sj 4-2 st0061!st0061@
.c sj
.a J. A. C. Sterne and R. M. Harbord
.t Funnel plots in meta-analysis
.k stat-istics meta anal-ysis metan funnel plot-s plot-ting
.k graph-s graph-ing bias publication small-study study effect-s
.k metafunnel asym-metry sym-metry odds ratio-s test-s test-ing
.o @metafunnel@ if installed
.x
	Q2/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0061!SJ 4(2):127--141@
	discusses funnel plots, possible causes of asymmetry, and
	the ^metafunnel^ command

.e SJ-4-2 @net:sj 4-2 st0062!st0062@
.c sj
.a D. A. Harrison and A. R. Brady
.t Sample size & power calculations using noncentral t-distrib.
.k stat-istics distrib-utions size-s samp-les power-s noncen-tral
.k t clus-ters clus-tering anal-ysis design-s crossover rand-omized
.k control-led trial-s rand-omization
.k sampncti
.o @sampncti@ if installed
.x
	Q2/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0062!SJ 4(2):142--153@
	provides more accurate sample size and power calculations
	based on the noncentral t-distribution

.e SJ-4-2 @net:sj 4-2 st0063!st0063@
.c sj
.a E. C. Norton, H. Wang, and C. Ai
.t Interaction effects & standard errors in logit & probit models
.k interact-ions term-s logit probit model-s est-imation est-imates
.k stat-istics nonlin-ear graph-s graph-ing graph-ics marginal effect-s
.k inteff logit_dd probit_cd logit_cc probit_dd logit_cd probit_cc
.o @inteff@ if installed
.x
	Q2/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0063!SJ 4(2):154--167@
	computes the marginal effect of a change in two interacted
	variables for a logit or probit model, provides standard
	errors, and graphs the interaction effect

.e SJ-4-2 @net:sj 4-2 st0064!st0064@
.c sj
.a C. V. Fiorio
.t Confidence intervals for kernel density estimation
.k stat-istics asymp-totic conf-idence inter-vals kern-el kdensity dens-ity
.k bias-ed boot-strapped est-imates est-imation weight-ed samp-les
.k asciker bsciker vkdensity smooth-ing param-eters
.o @asciker@, @bsciker@, and @vkdensity@ if installed
.x
	Q2/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0064!SJ 4(2):168--179@
	commands for asymptotic and bootstrap confidence intervals
	for kernel density estimation; extension of @kdensity@ with
	choice between three optimal bandwidths

.e SJ-4-2 st0065
.c sj
.a A. McDowell
.t From the help desk: Polynomial distributed lag models
.k stat-istics poly-nomials distrib-utions distrib-uted lag-ged model-s
.k impulse response-s func-tions irf-s interpo-lations interpo-late
.k almon lagrange lagrangian
.x
	Q2/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0065!SJ 4(2):180--189@				    (no commands)
	demonstrates methods for estimating the parameters of
	polynomial distributed lag models in Stata

.e SJ-4-2 gr0004
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Speaking Stata: Graphing categorical and compositional data
.k graph-s graph-ics graph-ing cat-egorical data-sets set-s manage-ment
.k bina-ry ordinal cross-tabulations bar-s chart-s cumul-ative distrib-utions
.k logit scale catplot tabplot tableplot distplot mylabels triplot
.k grade-s plot-s plot-ting composition-al nominal
.x
	Q2/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gr0004!SJ 4(2):190--215@				    (no commands)
	discusses graphical possibilities for categorical and
	compositional data

.e SJ-4-2 gn0012
.c sj
.a R. Williams
.t Review of ^Statistics with Stata (Updated for Version 8)^
.k intro-duction teach-ing review book-s book-store stat-istics hamilton stata
.x
	Q2/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gn0012!SJ 4(2):216--219@				    (no commands)
	book review of ^Statistics with Stata (Updated for Version 8)^
	by L. C. Hamilton, 2004

.e SJ-4-2 dm0007
.c sj
.a S. Driver and P. Royston
.t Stata tip 7: Copying and pasting under Windows
.k tip data-sets set-s manage-ment copy-ing paste pasting edit-ing
.k edit-ors win-dows
.x
	Q2/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=dm0007!SJ 4(2):220@				    (no commands)
	tips for copying and pasting in Stata and from Stata
	to other Windows programs

.e SJ-4-2 st0066
.c sj
.a B. Jann
.t Splitting time-span records with cat. time-varying covariates
.k split time span-ning surviv-al anal-ysis record-s cat-egorical var-iables
.k tip cov-ariances covariate-s stsplit stat-istics
.x
	Q2/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0066!SJ 4(2):221--222@				    (no commands)
	tip for using @stsplit@ for splitting categorical
	time-varying covariates

.e SJ-4-2 pr0013
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Stata tip 9: Following special sequences
.k tip data-sets set-s manage-ment class c seq-uences creturn
.x
	Q2/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=pr0013!SJ 4(2):223@				    (no commands)
	tip for using @creturn@ to access special sequences stored
	as c-class values

.e SJ-4-2 @net:sj 4-2 gr0002_2!gr0002_2@
.c sj
.a S. Juul
.t Software update for ^lean1.scheme^ and ^lean2.scheme^
.k graph-s graph-ics graph-ing scheme-s
.k default style-s color-style .gph gph lean1 lean2 lean
.k scheme_lean scheme_lean1 scheme_lean2
.x
	(help @scheme_lean@, @scheme_lean1@, and @scheme_lean2@ if installed)
	Q2/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0007!SJ 4(2):224@
	naming convention for the scheme files has been changed,
	and help files are now available

.e SJ-4-2 @net:sj 4-2 st0004_2!st0004_2@
.c sj
.a C. F. Baum
.t Software update for ^xttest2^
.k stat-istics xt-reg xt-gls cross section-al time-series series
.k fix-ed effect-s contempo-raneous corr-elations test-s test-ing
.k groupwise hetero-scedasticity hetero-skedasticity xttest2 xttest3
.o @xttest2@ and @xttest3@ if installed
.x
	Q2/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0007!SJ 4(2):224@
	provides improved error handling when @matsize@ is too small

.e SJ-4-2 @net:sj 4-2 st0026_1!st0026_1@
.c sj
.a S. O. Becker and A. Ichino
.t Software update for ^pscore^ suite
.k stat-istics propensity scor-es match-ing treat-ments effect-s ave-rages
.k evaluation-s attk attnd attnw attr atts pscore
.x
	(help @attk@, @attnd@, @attnw@, @attr@, @atts@, and @pscore@ if installed)
	Q2/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0007!SJ 4(2):224@
	^pscore^ now allows for ^bootstrap^ options in Stata 8 and for
	identification of matched pairs in nearest neighbor matching

.e SJ-4-2 @net:sj 4-2 st0030_1!st0030_1@
.c sj
.a C. F. Baum, M. E. Schaffer, and S. Stillman
.t Software update for ^ivreg2^ and ^ivhettest^
.k stat-istics est-imation est-imates gmm general-ized meth-ods mom-ents
.k iv instrum-ental var-iables test-s test-ing endog-enous endogeneity
.k hetero-skedasticity hetero-scedasticity overident-ification reg-ressions
.k restric-ted restric-tions robust clus-ters clus-tering group-s intra-groups
.k corr-elate corr-elations hansen sargan c j durbin wu hausman
.k ivendog ivhettest ivreg2 ivreg2_p overid
.x
	(help @ivreg2@, @overid@, @ivendog@, @ivhettest@ if installed)
	Q2/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0007!SJ 4(2):224@
	^ivreg2^ now supports autocorrelation consistent and
	heteroskedasticity and autocorrelation consistent
	covariance matrix estimation, and the ^score()^ option
	has changed to ^pscore()^; ^ivhettest^ also enhanced

.e SJ-4-2 @net:sj 4-2 st0058_1!st0058_1@
.c sj
.a J. M. Linhart, J. S. Pitblado, and J. Hassell
.t Software update for ^stsatrisk^
.k risk-s tabl-es surviv-al anal-ysis fail-ure kaplan-meier meier
.k stat-istics plot-s plot-ting graph-s graph-ics graph-ing stcox
.k sts stsatrisk
.x
	(help @stsatrisk@ if installed)
	Q2/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0007!SJ 4(2):224@
	bug fix for ^stsatrisk^

.e SJ-4-2 @net:sj 4-2 sg150_1!sg150_1@
.c sj
.a J. Cui and J. Brogger
.t Software update for ^genhwcci^
.k stat-istics hardy weinberg equilib-rium allele-s freq-uency freq-uencies
.k test-s test-ing est-imation genhw-i genhw-cci genotype-s disequilibrium
.k coef-ficients gene-tics
.o @genhwcci@ if installed
.x
	Q2/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0007!SJ 4(2):225@
	^genhwcci^ now saves in ^r()^

.e SJ-4-1 @net:sj 4-1 st0055!st0055@
.c sj
.a J. Fenty
.t Analyzing distances
.k stat-istics
.k gower-s coef-ficient similar-ity multiv-ariate data-sets set-s manage-ment
.k euclidean distance-s eigen-values eigen-vectors vector-s anal-ysis
.k manova anova partit-ioned partit-ions sq-uared 2 rand-omized
.k rand-omization contrast-s
.k idempotent matr-ices matr-ix princ-ipal compon-ents
.k coor-dinates graph-s graph-ing graph-ics weight-ed test-s test-ing
.k pcoa pco aod gcs gcsim aodcom0 igdist minkowsk mymkmat proxconv
.k sim0 simdist simgcs simgroup
.k multi-dimensional dimen-sional scaling nonpar-ametric
.x
	(help @aod@, @gcsim@, @igdist@, @minkowski@, @pco@, @proxconv@ if installed)
	Q1/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0055!SJ 4(1):1--26@
	discusses ^pco^ and ^aod^ commands, which perform principal
	coordinate analysis and analysis of distance (a technique
	similar to MANOVA)

.e SJ-4-1 @net:sj 4-1 st0056!st0056@
.c sj
.a M. B. Stewart
.t Semi-nonparametric est. of extended ordered probit models
.k stat-istics nonpar-ametric non param-etric semi-nonparametric
.k ordinal order-ed response-s model-s reg-ressions
.k probit est-imation est-imates dens-ity func-tions selec-tion
.k sneop sneopll
.o @sneop@ if installed
.x
	Q1/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0056!SJ 4(1):27--39@
	presents a semi-nonparametric estimator for a series of
	generalized models that nest the ordered probit model and
	thereby relax the distributional assumption in that model

.e SJ-4-1 @net:sj 4-1 st0057!st0057@
.c sj
.a A. Miranda
.t FIML estimation of endogenous switching model for count data
.k est-imation est-imates est-imators endog-enous switch-ing count-s
.k stat-istics model-s samp-les selec-tion poisson heterog-eneity
.k info-rmation max-imum like-lihood dum-my dum-mies
.k espoisson espoisson_ll espoisson_p exspoisson exspoisson_ll
.k exspoisson_p ghquad hermite xcolnames fiml
.o @espoisson@ if installed
.x
	Q1/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0057!SJ 4(1):40--49@
	presents code for fitting a FIML endogenous switching
	Poisson count model for cross-sectional data

.e SJ-4-1 @net:sj 4-1 dm0004!dm0004@
.c sj
.a S. Vidmar, J. Carlin, K. Hesketh, and T. Cole
.t Standardizing anthropometric measures in children ...
.k egen epi-demiological epi-demiology z-scores scor-es
.k data-sets set-s manage-ment transfo-rmations skew-ness med-ians
.k coef-ficients variance-s meas-urements meas-ures
.k stand-ardization stand-ardized stand-ardisation stand-ardised
.k stat-istics lms
.k _gzanthro _gzbmicat zanthro zbmicat
.x
	(help @zanthro@, @zbmicat@ if installed)
	Q1/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=dm0004!SJ 4(1):50--55@
	discusses a new function for ^egen^ allowing transformation of
	child and adolescent anthropometric data to z-scores using the
	LMS method

.e SJ-4-1 @net:sj 4-1 st0058!st0058@
.c sj
.a J. M. Linhart, J. S. Pitblado, and J. Hassell
.t From the help desk: Kaplan-Meier plots with ^stsatrisk^
.k risk-s tabl-es surviv-al anal-ysis fail-ure kaplan-meier meier
.k stat-istics plot-s plot-ting graph-s graph-ics graph-ing stcox
.k sts stsatrisk
.x
	(help @stsatrisk@ if installed)
	Q1/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0058!SJ 4(1):56--65@
	presents ^stsatrisk^, a wrapper for ^sts graph^ that adds
	a table to a survival plot with at-risk information

.e SJ-4-1 gr0003
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Speaking Stata: Graphing distributions
.k graph-s graph-ics graph-ing distrib-utions quantile-s univar-iate
.k diagnos-tics hist-ograms spikeplot spike-s plot-s plot-ting
.k dot-s one-way kdensity kern-el dens-ity skew-ness q-qplots
.k transfo-rmations width bin-s log-arithmic root-s scale-s est-imation
.k rug distplot qplot skewplot dotplot onewayplot
.x
	Q1/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gr0003!SJ 4(1):66--88@				    (no commands)
	a review of official and user-written commands for
	graphing univariate distributions; includes tricks
	beyond what is obviously and readily available

.e SJ-4-1 gn0010
.c sj
.a L. Audige
.t Review of ^Veterinary Epidemiologic Research^
.k epi-demiological epi-demiology data-sets samp-ling samp-les
.k test-s test-ing meas-ures meas-urements
.k review book-s book-store veterinary dohoo martin stryhn research
.x
	Q1/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gn0010!SJ 4(1):89--92@				    (no commands)
	book review of ^Veterinary Epidemiologic Research^
	by Dohoo, Martin, and Stryhn (2003)

.e SJ-4-1 gn0011
.c sj
.a P. Ryan
.t Stata tip 4: Using display as an online calculator
.k display util-ity calcul-ate calcul-ator scal-ars expr-essions tip
.x
	Q1/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gn0011!SJ 4(1):93@					    (no commands)
	tips for using the @display@ command

.e SJ-4-1 dm0005
.c sj
.a R. Newson
.t Stata tip 5: Ensuring programs preserve dataset sort order
.k sort-preserve preserve prog-rams prog-ramming sort-ing data-sets set-s tip
.x
	Q1/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=dm0005!SJ 4(1):94@					    (no commands)
	tip for using the ^sortpreserve^ directive in programming
	to ensure leaving the data in original order

.e SJ-4-1 dm0006
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Stata tip 6: Inserting awkward characters in the plot
.k char prog-ramming prog-rams charac-ters descrip-tions describ-e
.k ansi data-sets set-s tip
.k graph-s graph-ics graph-ing plot-s
.x
	Q1/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=dm0006!SJ 4(1):95--96@				    (no commands)
	tips for using the ^char()^ function with graphics

.e SJ-4-1 @net:sj 4-1 st0037_1!st0037_1@
.c sj
.a P. Van Kerm
.t Software update for ^akdensity0^
.k stat-istics kern-el dens-ity adaptive est-imators est-imation est-imates
.k univar-iate smooth-ing smooth-ers nonpar-ametric non param-etric local-ly
.k band-width width bands gauss-ian epan-echnikov distrib-utions var-iables
.k variability graph-ics graph-ing graph-s akdensity-0
.o @akdensity0@ if installed
.x
	Q1/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0006!SJ 4(1):97@
	bug fix for ^akdensity0^

.e SJ-4-1 @net:sj 4-1 gr0002_1!gr0002_1@
.c sj
.a S. Juul
.t Software update for ^lean2.scheme^
.k graph-s graph-ics graph-ing scheme-s
.k default style-s color-style .gph gph lean1 lean2
.x
	Q1/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0006!SJ 4(1):97@
	software update for ^lean2.scheme^

.e SJ-4-1 @net:sj 4-1 gr42_2!gr42_2@
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Software update for Quantile plots, generalized; renamed ^qplot^
.k graph-s graph-ing graph-ics plot-s quantile-s quantil2 qplot
.o @qplot@ if installed
.x
	Q1/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0006!SJ 4(1):97@
	software update for ^quantil2^, now renamed ^qplot^

.e SJ-4-1 @net:sj 4-1 ip24_1!ip24_1@
.c sj
.a F. Zimmerman
.t Software update for ^elapse^
.k prog-rams prog-ramming profiler elapse timing time
.o @elapse@ if installed
.x
	Q1/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0006!SJ 4(1):97@
	software and help update for ^elapse^

.e SJ-4-1 @net:sj 4-1 st0001_2!st0001_2@
.c sj
.a P. Royston
.t Flexible parametric alternatives to the Cox model: update
.k stat-istics propor-tional haz-ards model-s cox reg-ressions baseline odds
.k censor-ed censor-ing surviv-al fail-ure func-tions param-etric interv-als
.k cub-ic spline-s
.k bhcalc frac_s3b frac_spl mlsurvlf stpm stpm1 stpm_p
.o @bhcalc@, @stpm@ if installed
.x
	Q1/04	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0001_2!SJ 4(1):98--101@
	presents ^stpm^ as updated for Stata 8.1

.e SJ-3-4 st0047
.c sj
.a J. W. Hardin and R. J. Carroll
.t Measurement error, GLMs, and notational conventions
.k stat-istics est-imates est-imations glm general-ized
.k linear model-s nota-tion meas-ures meas-urements
.k err-ors effect-s linear reg-ressions data-sets manage-ment
.x
	Q4/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0047!SJ 3(4):329--341@				    (no commands)
	discusses additive measurement error in a generalized
	linear-model context, types of measurement error and
	their effects on fitted models, and notational
	conventions

.e SJ-3-4 st0048
.c sj
.a J. W. Hardin and R. J. Carroll
.t Variance est. for inst. var. approach to meas. error in GLMs
.k est-imates est-imations est-imators var-iables variance-s
.k meas-urements meas-ures err-ors sandw-ich instrum-ental
.k white-s robust glm general-ized linear reg-ressions model-s
.x
	Q4/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0048!SJ 3(4):342--350@				    (no commands)
	variance estimation for the instrumental variables
	approach to measurement error in generalized linear
	models

.e SJ-3-4 @net:sj 3-4 st0049!st0049@
.c sj
.a J. W. Hardin, R. J. Carroll & H. Schmiediche
.t Instrumental variables, bootstrapping, and gen. linear models
.k stat-istics est-imates est-imations instrum-ental var-iables
.k meas-urements meas-ures err-ors variance matr-ices matr-ix
.k robust glm general-ized linear reg-ressions model-s
.k murphy-topel topel boot-strapped repli-cates qvf _qvferr qvfmex
.o @qvf@ if installed
.x
	Q4/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0049!SJ 3(4):351--360@
	provides the ^qvf^ command for fitting generalized linear
	models including instrumental variables and measurement
	error; comparison to Stata's @glm@ command

.e SJ-3-4 @net:sj 3-4 st0050!st0050@
.c sj
.a J. W. Hardin, R. J. Carroll & H. Schmiediche
.t Reg.-calibration for fitting GLMs with additive meas. error
.k reg-ressions fit-ted fit-s meas-urements meas-ures calibra-tion
.k instrum-ental var-iables repli-cates matr-ices matr-ix
.k err-ors boot-strapped miss-ing cov-ariances covariate-s
.k stat-istics stand-ard general-ized linear mod-els glm rcal _crcdeq qvfmex
.o @rcal@ if installed
.x
	Q4/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0050!SJ 3(4):361--372@
	discusses the method of regression calibration for
	fitting generalized linear models with additive
	measurement error

.e SJ-3-4 @net:sj 3-4 st0051!st0051@
.c sj
.a J. W. Hardin, R. J. Carroll and H. Schmiediche
.t Simulation extrapolation for fitting GLMs w/ add. meas. error
.k reg-ressions fit-ted fit-s meas-urements meas-ures calibra-tion
.k stat-istics instrum-ental var-iables simul-ations
.k mod-els general-ized linear glm extrap-olations extrap-olate
.k repli-cates stand-ard stat-istics err-ors
.k simex simexplot simexploti _crcdeq qvfmex
.k graph-s graph-ics graph-ing plot-s
.x
	(help @simex@, @simexplot@ if installed)
	Q4/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0051!SJ 3(4):373--385@
	discusses the method of simulation extrapolation for
	fitting generalized linear models with additive
	measurement error

.e SJ-3-4 @net:sj 3-4 st0052!st0052@
.c sj
.a S. Rabe-Hesketh, A. Skrondal, and A. Pickles
.t Max. likelihood est. of GLMs with covariate measurement error
.k covariate-s meas-ures meas-urements err-ors mod-els
.k max-imum like-lihood factor-s nonpar-ametric non param-etric
.k adaptive quadra-ture empir-ical bayes-ian
.k est-imates est-imation stat-istics cme gllamm
.k anal-ysis simul-ations sensitiv-ity class latent
.k congeneric npmle
.o @cme@ if installed
.x
	Q4/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0052!SJ 3(4):386--411@
	discusses ^gllamm^ and wrapper command ^cme^ to estimate
	generalized linear models with covariate measurement
	error

.e SJ-3-4 @net:sj 3-4 st0053!st0053@
.c sj
.a R. G. Gutierrez, J. M. Linhart, and J. S. Pitblado
.t From the help desk: Local polynomial reg. & Stata plugins
.k linear local-ly poly-nomials smooth-ing kern-els
.k reg-ressions locpoly plugin-s dll-s
.x
	(help @locpoly@ if installed)
	Q4/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0053!SJ 3(4):412--419@
	provides command for performing local polynomial regression;
	discusses use of a Stata plugin

.e SJ-3-4 pr0011
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Speaking Stata: Problems with tables, Part II
.k tabl-es tab-ulate tab-ulations matr-ix matr-ices tabcount makematrix group-s
.k tabdisp list-s data-sets set-s manage-ment comb-ine
.k comb-ining sort composite cell-s var-iables mult-iple
.x
	Q4/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=pr0011!SJ 3(4):420--439@				    (no commands)
	reviews three user-written commands (^tabcount^, ^makematrix^,
	and ^groups^) as different approaches to tabulation problems

.e SJ-3-4 gn0009
.c sj
.a S. P. Jenkins
.t Review of ^Maximum Likelihood Estimation with Stata^
.k ml-e prog-ramming prog-rams est-imation max-imum like-lihood command-s
.k est-imates review book-s book-store gould pitblado sribney stata
.x
	Q4/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gn0009!SJ 3(4):440--444@				    (no commands)
	book review of ^Maximum Likelihood Estimation with Stata^
	by Gould, Pitblado, and Sribney (2003)

.e SJ-3-4 st0054
.c sj
.a R. Newson
.t Stata tip 1: The ^eform()^ option of ^regress^
.k stat-istics floor ceil-ing eform opt-ions reg-ressions tip
.x
	Q4/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0054!SJ 3(4):445@					    (no commands)
	tips for using the ^eform()^ option of ^regress^

.e SJ-3-4 dm0002
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Stata tip 2: Building with floors and ceilings
.k data-sets set-s manage-ment floor ceil-ing tip
.x
	Q4/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=dm0002!SJ 3(4):446--447@				    (no commands)
	tips for using ^floor()^ and ^ceil()^

.e SJ-3-4 dm0003
.c sj
.a W. Gould
.t Stata tip 3: How to be assertive
.k assert-ions util-ity verify truth claim tip
.k cert-ify check-ing err-ors prog-ramming large prog-rams
.x
	Q4/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=dm0003!SJ 3(4):448@					    (no commands)
	tips for using ^assert^

.e SJ-3-4 @net:sj 3-4 sbe19_5!sbe19_5@
.c sj
.a T. J. Steichen
.t Software update for ^metabias^
.k stat-istics meta-bias anal-ysis bias publication begg mezumdar
.k egger test-s test-ing ktau2 ifexp
.o @metabias@ if installed
.x
	Q4/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0005!SJ 3(4):449@
	bug fix for ^metabias^

.e SJ-3-4 @net:sj 3-4 gr41_2!gr41_2@
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Software update for ^distplot^
.k graph-s graph-ing graph-ics plot-s cdf ecdf cumul-ative distrib-utions
.k surviv-al reliab-ility surviv-or func-tions distplot
.k tscale trscale
.o @distplot@ if installed
.x
	Q4/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0005!SJ 3(4):449@
	option ^tscale()^ renamed as ^trscale()^

.e SJ-3-4 @net:sj 3-4 sg67_2!sg67_2@
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Software update for ^nmissing^ and ^npresent^
.k data-sets set-s manage-ment nmissing npresent miss-ing value-s nonmiss-ing
.o @nmissing@, @npresent@ if installed
.x
	Q4/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0005!SJ 3(4):449@
	updated to include support for ^by^, options for checking
	string values that contain spaces or periods, documentation
	of extended missing values .a to .z, and improved output

.e SJ-3-3 st0041
.c sj
.a S. M. Hailpern and P. F. Visintainer
.t Odds ratios & logistic reg.: examples of use & interpretation
.k stat-istics odds ratio-s logis-tic reg-ressions cornfield cc-i cs-i logit
.k relativ-e risk-s case-controls control-s study studies cohort
.k confound-ing effect-s epi-demiology epi-demiological
.x
	Q3/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0041!SJ 3(3):213--225@				    (no commands)
	discusses logistic regression for adjustment of confounding
	in epidemiologic studies; relates logit model to Cornfield's
	2x2 table in both cohort and case-control studies

.e SJ-3-3 @net:sj 3-3 st0042!st0042@
.c sj
.a J. B. Carlin, N. Li, P. Greenwood, & C. Coffey
.t Tools for analyzing multiple imputed datasets
.k stat-istics data-sets set-s manage-ment miss-ing value-s
.k mult-iple imput-e imput-ing imput-ation rubin-s rule-s comb-inations
.k miappend mici _mici_bin mido _mi_estimate mifit milincom mimerge mireset
.k _mi_rubin misave miset mireset mitestparm _mi_unique _parmest
.k mici_warn1 mici_warn2 mifit_warn1 append comb-ine merge join
.k conf-idence interv-als est-imation est-imates model-s linear lincom
.k testparm test-s test-ing
.z
.x
	(help @miappend@, @mici@, @mido@, @mifit@, @milincom@, @mimerge@,
	@mireset@, @misave@, @miset@, @mitestparm@ if installed)
	Q3/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0042!SJ 3(3):226--244@
	commands for manipulating and analyzing multiple complete
	datasets in which missing values have been imputed;
	see @mi@ command incorporated into Stata 11.0

.e SJ-3-3 @net:sj 3-3 st0043!st0043@
.c sj
.a R. Newson
.t Confidence intervals & p-values for delivery to the end user
.k stat-istics conf-idence interv-als ci-i p-values value-s
.k tabl-es plot-s tex latex format-s format-ting tab-ulate tab-ulations html
.k descsave dsconcat eclplot factext factmerg factref ingap
.k format-ted display-ing output-ting output-ing
.k est-imation est-imates result-s reshape
.k lincomest lincomest_p tostring listtex parmby parmest sencode
.x
	(help @descsave@, @dsconcat@, @eclplot@, @factext@, @factmerg@, @factref@,
	@ingap@, @lincomest@, @parmby@, @parmest@, @sencode@ if installed)
	Q3/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0043!SJ 3(3):245--269@
	outlines the whole process and provides programs for
	converting statistical output to plots or tables ready
	to be inserted in TeX, LaTeX, HTML, or a word processor

.e SJ-3-3 st0044
.c sj
.a N. Smeeton and N. J. Cox
.t Do-it-yourself shuffling & the number of runs under randomness
.k cat-egorical clus-tering cond-itional distrib-utions
.k data-sets set-s manage-ment stat-istics permute test-s test-ing
.k clus-ters clus-tered simulate simul-ations rand-om num-bers
.k for-values p-values value-s permu-tation run-s seq-uences
.x
	Q3/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0044!SJ 3(3):270--277@				    (no commands)
	explains estimation of the probability of an event under
	randomness; illustrates a simple method of random shuffling;
	and shows derivation of conditional probability distribution
	of the number of runs

.e SJ-3-3 @net:sj 3-3 st0045!st0045@
.c sj
.a L. Cappellari & S. P. Jenkins
.t Multivariate probit reg. using simulated maximum likelihood
.k stat-istics max-imum like-lihood ml-e multiv-ariate probit reg-ressions
.k est-imation est-imates bina-ry outcome-s dicho-tomous
.k model-s ghk simulator simul-ations mvppred mvprob_ll mvprobit
.o @mvppred@, @mvprobit@ if installed
.x
	Q3/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0045!SJ 3(3):278--294@
	command providing maximum likelihood multivariate probit
	regression using the GHK simulation method

.e SJ-3-3 @net:sj 3-3 gr0002!gr0002@
.c sj
.a S. Juul
.t Lean mainstream schemes for Stata 8 graphics
.k graph-s graph-ics graph-ing scheme-s
.k default style-s color-style .gph gph lean1 lean2
.x
	Q3/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gr0002!SJ 3(3):295--301@
	presents two schemes for lean graph layout

.e SJ-3-3 @net:sj 3-3 st0046!st0046@
.c sj
.a B. P. Poi
.t From the help desk:  Swamy's random-coefficients model
.k xt-rchh2 xtrc2_p swamy stat-istics est-imates est-imation reg-ressions
.k cross section-al time-series series panel-s data longi-tudinal
.k rand-om coef-ficients model-s hildreth houck
.o @xtrchh2@ if installed
.z
.x
	Q3/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0046!SJ 3(3):302--308@
	extension of @xtrchh@ providing estimates of panel-specific
	coefficients; discusses the Swamy random-coefficients model
	see @xtrc@ command incorporated into Stata 9

.e SJ-3-3 pr0010
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Speaking Stata:  Problems with tables, Part I
.k stat-istics table-s tab-ulate tabstat tabsum tabdisp list-s
.k summ-ary summ-arize descrip-tive tab-ulations
.k freq-uencies mean-s sd std stand-ard dev-iations sum-s count-s max-imums
.k min-imums med-ians percent-iles iqr freq-uency total-s
.k interquart-ile range ave-rages centile-s creat-ed quantile-s quartile-s
.k format-s format-ting display-ing contract statsby collapse
.x
	Q3/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=pr0010!SJ 3(3):309--324@				    (no commands)
	presents ways of preparing material for tabulation

.e SJ-3-3 @net:sj 3-3 snp15_4!snp15_4@
.c sj
.a R. Newson
.t Software updates for ^somersd^
.k stat-istics nonpar-ametric non param-etric test-s test-ing somer-sd d
.k kendall-s tau rank-sums sum-s somers_p
.k corr-elate corr-elations assoc-iations wilcox-on meth-ods
.k conf-idence interv-als jack-knifed jack-nifed clus-ters clus-tering
.o @somersd@ if installed
.x
	Q3/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0004!SJ 3(3):325@
	bug fix for ^somersd^

.e SJ-3-3 @net:sj 3-3 snp16_2!snp16_2@
.c sj
.a R. Newson
.t Software update for ^cendif^
.k stat-istics cendif robust conf-idence interv-als med-ians percent-iles
.k diff-erences ratio-s rank-sums sum-s wilcox-on two samp-les
.k nonpar-ametric
.k non param-etric test-s test-ing hodges lehmann somer-sd d somers_p
.o @cendif@ if installed
.x
	Q3/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0004!SJ 3(3):325@
	now includes cendif.pdf manual

.e SJ-3-3 @net:sj 3-3 sg151_1!sg151_1@
.c sj
.a R. Newson
.t Software update for ^bspline^
.k stat-istics spline-s b-splines piecewise linear reg-ressions knot-s
.k interpo-lations interpo-late cub-ic quad-ratic french curv-es
.k bspline frencurv
.o @bspline@, @frencurv@ if installed
.x
	Q3/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0004!SJ 3(3):325@
	now includes bspline.pdf manual

.e SJ-3-2 gn0006
.c sj
.a H. J. Newton and N. J. Cox
.t The Stata Journal so far:  Editors' report
.k sj-s tsj-s stb-s stata tech-nical bulle-tin journal-s
.x
	Q2/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gn0006!SJ 3(2):105--108@				    (no commands)
	thoughts on the past, present, and future of the Stata
	Journal

.e SJ-3-2 @net:sj 3-2 st0035!st0035@
.c sj
.a R. Newson & The ALSPAC Study Team
.t Multiple-test procedures and smile plots
.k stat-istics graph-ics graph-ing graph-s plot-s smile mult-iple compar-isons
.k test-s test-ing closed data-mining mining err-ors rate-s family-wise wise
.k false discovery bonfer-ronis holm-s sidak-s holland-s copenhaver-s liu-s
.k hochberg-s rom-s simes benjamini-s yekutieli-s krieger-s p-values value-s
.k fwer fdr parapet line-s smileplot-7 multproc
.o @smileplot@ if installed
.x
	Q2/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0035!SJ 3(2):109--132@
	implements multiple test procedures to control either
	the family-wise error rate or the false discovery rate;
	graphical tool for summarizing a set of multiple analyses

.e SJ-3-2 @net:sj 3-2 st0036!st0036@
.c sj
.a I. H. Salgado-Ugarte & M. A. Perez-Hernandez
.t Exploring variable bandwidth kernel density estimators
.k stat-istics kern-el dens-ity var-iables band-width width bands gauss-ian
.k est-imators est-imation est-imates univar-iate smooth-ing smooth-ers
.k multi-modality modal-ity cross valid-ation valid-ate test-s test-ing
.k distrib-utions nonpar-ametric non param-etric graph-ics graph-ing graph-s
.k adaptive varwiker varwike2 adgakern adgaker2
.x
	(help @varwiker@, @varwike2@ if installed)
	Q2/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0036!SJ 3(2):133--147@
	implements variable bandwidth Gaussian kernel density
	estimation and provides graphs; discusses behavior

.e SJ-3-2 @net:sj 3-2 st0037!st0037@
.c sj
.a P. Van Kerm
.t Adaptive kernel density estimation
.k stat-istics kern-el dens-ity adaptive est-imators est-imation est-imates
.k univar-iate smooth-ing smooth-ers nonpar-ametric non param-etric local-ly
.k band-width width bands gauss-ian epan-echnikov distrib-utions var-iables
.k variability graph-ics graph-ing graph-s akdensity-0
.o @akdensity@ if installed
.x
	Q2/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0037!SJ 3(2):148--156@
	implements variable bandwidth Gaussian and Epanechnikov
	kernel density estimation, allows weights, allows estimation
	of pointwise variability bands, and provides graphs

.e SJ-3-2 @net:sj 3-2 st0038!st0038@
.c sj
.a O. M. G. Keshk
.t CDSIMEQ: A program to implement two-stage probit least squares
.k stat-istics est-imation est-imates probit bina-ry outcome-s model-s
.k continu-ous dicho-tomous endog-enous simult-aneous eq-uations 2spls 2sls
.k instrum-ental var-iables two stage least sq-uares reg-ressions
.k std err-ors stand-ard amemiya maddala cdsimeq
.o @cdsimeq@ if installed
.x
	Q2/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0038!SJ 3(2):157--167@
	two-stage probit least squares estimation for simultaneous
	equation models in which one of the endogenous variables
	is continuous and the other is dichotomous

.e SJ-3-2 @net:sj 3-2 st0039!st0039@
.c sj
.a D. M. Drukker
.t Testing for serial correlation in linear panel-data models
.k stat-istics test-s test-ing panel-s data-sets set-s specifica-tion linear
.k cross section-al time-series series serial-ly corr-elations
.k xt wooldridge xtserial
.o @xtserial@ if installed
.x
	Q2/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0039!SJ 3(2):168--177@
	test for serial correlation in random- or fixed-effects
	one-way models that can be applied under general conditions

.e SJ-3-2 st0040
.c sj
.a A. McDowell
.t From the help desk:  hurdle models
.k stat-istics hurdle model-s count-s
.x
	Q2/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0040!SJ 3(2):178--184@				    (no commands)
	demonstrates how the parameters of a hurdle model can be
	estimated in Stata using a combination of existing commands

.e SJ-3-2 pr0009
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Speaking Stata:  Problems with lists
.k list-s macro-s prog-ramming prog-rams tokenize token-s for-each each
.k loop-s loop-ing repeat-ing iter-ate for-values value-s level-s
.x
	Q2/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=pr0009!SJ 3(2):185--202@				    (no commands)
	discusses ways of working through lists held in macros

.e SJ-3-2 gn0007
.c sj
.a J. M. Garrett
.t Review of ^Stat. Modeling for Biomedical Researchers^ by Dupont
.k book-s review-s dupont biostat-istics stat-istics model-ing complex data
.k simple intro-duction anal-ysis biomedical research-ers
.x
	Q2/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gn0007!SJ 3(2):203--207@				    (no commands)
	book review of ^Statistical Modeling for Biomedical^
	^Researchers: A Simple Introduction to the Analysis of^
	^Complex Data^ by Dupont (2002)

.e SJ-3-2 gn0008
.c sj
.a S. Stillman
.t Review of ^Generalized Estimating Equations^ by Hardin and Hilbe
.k book-s review-s hardin hilbe gee xt-gee stat-istics general-ized eq-uations
.k est-imation est-imators estimat-ing linear model-s
.x
	Q2/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gn0008!SJ 3(2):208--210@				    (no commands)
	book review of ^Generalized Estimating Equations^ by Hardin
	and Hilbe (2003)

.e SJ-3-2 @net:sj 3-2 gr41_1!gr41_1@
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Software update for ^distplot^
.k graph-s graph-ing graph-ics plot-s cdf ecdf cumul-ative distrib-utions
.k surviv-al reliab-ility surviv-or func-tions distplot
.o @distplot@ if installed
.x
	Q2/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0003!SJ 3(2):211@
	enhanced to use Stata 8 graphics and provides new options

.e SJ-3-2 @net:sj 3-2 sbe31_1!sbe31_1@
.c sj
.a W. D. Dupont and D. Plummer
.t Software update for ^exactcc^ and ^exactcci^
.k stat-istics cc-i conf-idence interv-als exact case-controls control-s
.k odds ratio-s study studies cornfield yates chi-squared sq-uared chi-2 2
.k woolf tabl-es epi-demiological epi-demiology tab-ulate adjusted unadjusted
.k prevent-ed attrib-utable frac-tions fisher-s immed-iate exactcc-i
.k continu-ity correct-ion correct-ed
.o @exactcc@ if installed
.x
	Q2/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0003!SJ 3(2):211@
	exact confidence intervals for odds ratios from case-control
	studies; restores correct behavior for users of Stata 7 and
	Stata 8

.e SJ-3-2 @net:sj 3-2 sg113_1!sg113_1@
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Software update for ^modes^
.k stat-istics mode-s tabl-es tab-ulate tab-ulations
.o @modes@ if installed
.x
	Q2/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0003!SJ 3(2):211@
	provides new option for specifying the number of modes to
	be shown

.e SJ-3-2 @net:sj 3-2 st0004_1!st0004_1@
.c sj
.a C. F. Baum
.t Software update for ^xttest2^
.k stat-istics xt-reg xt-gls cross section-al time-series series
.k fix-ed effect-s contempo-raneous corr-elations test-s test-ing
.k groupwise hetero-scedasticity hetero-skedasticity xttest2 xttest3
.o @xttest2@ if installed
.x
	Q2/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0003!SJ 3(2):211@
	bug fix for ^xttest2^

.e SJ-3-1 @net:sj 3-1 st0030!st0030@
.c sj
.a C. F. Baum, M. E. Schaffer, & S. Stillman
.t Instrumental variables and GMM: Estimation and testing
.k stat-istics est-imation est-imates gmm general-ized meth-ods mom-ents
.k iv instrum-ental var-iables test-s test-ing endog-enous endogeneity
.k hetero-skedasticity hetero-scedasticity overident-ification reg-ressions
.k restric-ted restric-tions robust clus-ters clus-tering group-s intra-groups
.k corr-elate corr-elations hansen sargan c j durbin wu hausman
.k ivendog ivhettest ivreg2 ivreg2_p overid
.x
	(help @ivreg2@, @overid@, @ivendog@, @ivhettest@ if installed)
	Q1/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0030!SJ 3(1):1--31@
	extended instrumental variables routine that provides
	generalized methods of moments (GMM) estimates as well
	as additional diagnostic tests for overidentification,
	endogeneity, and heteroskedasticity

.e SJ-3-1 @net:sj 3-1 st0031!st0031@
.c sj
.a G. Rodriguez & I. Elo
.t Intra-class corr. in random-effects models for binary data
.k stat-istics intra-class class corr-elations rand-om effect-s model-s
.k probit xtprobit logit xtlogit xtclog-log cloglog complem-entary log
.k pearson-s yule-s q bina-ry outcome-s xtr_disp xtrho xtrhoi xtr_icc
.o @xtrho@, @xtrhoi@ if installed
.x
	Q1/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0031!SJ 3(1):32--46@
	intra-class manifest associations in random-effects ^xtprobit^,
	^xtlogit^, and ^xtclog^ including Pearson's r and Yule's Q

.e SJ-3-1 @net:sj 3-1 st0032!st0032@
.c sj
.a C. L. Saunders, D. T. Bishop, & J. H. Barrett
.t Sample size calc. for main eff.& inter. in case-control studies
.k stat-istics gene-tics case-s control-s interact-ions noncen-tral
.k chi-squared sq-uared chi-2 2 environ-ment power-s determ-ination
.k samp-les size-s nchi2 npnchi2 study studies design-s match-ing match-ed
.k co_power esurrcontrol2 geipower tdt_geipower eactualcase esurrcontrol3
.k ggipower tdt_ggipower eactualcontrol1 gactualcase gsurrcase vars1 vars2
.k eactualcontrol2 gactualcontrol1 gsurrcontrol1 eactualcontrol3
.k gactualcontrol2 gsurrcontrol2 esurrcase gactualcontrol3 gsurrcontrol3
.k esurrcontrol1 gei_matching second_primary effect-s
.x
	(help @ggipower@, @geipower@, @tdt_ggipower@, @tdt_geipower@,
	      @co_power@, @second_primary@, @gei_matching@ if installed)
	Q1/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0032!SJ 3(1):47--56@
	power and sample size calculations for main effects and
	interactions in case-control studies (including gene-gene
	and gene-environment interactions) using the ^nchi2^ and
	^npnchi2^ functions

.e SJ-3-1 @net:sj 3-1 st0033!st0033@
.c sj
.a M. J. Moreira & B. P. Poi
.t Implementing tests with correct size in simultaneous eq. model
.k stat-istics instrum-ental var-iables iv-reg test-s test-ing wald weak
.k like-lihoodratio ratio-s scor-e similar conf-idence region-s interv-als
.k 2sls two stage least sq-uares structur-al simult-aneous eq-uations
.k est-imates est-imation graph-s graph-ics graph-ing cond-itional
.k liml limited info-rmation max-imum like-lihood
.k condivreg condtest condgraph
.x
	(help @condivreg@, @condtest@, @condgraph@ if installed)
	Q1/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0033!SJ 3(1):57--70@
	estimates a regression equation with an endogenous regressor
	using either 2SLS or LIML, performs conditional tests, and
	graphs confidence intervals

.e SJ-3-1 st0034
.c sj
.a W. Guan
.t From the help desk: Bootstrapped standard errors
.k stat-istics boot-strapped std err-ors stand-ard clus-ters
.k instrum-ental var-iables nl non linear nonlin-ear
.x
	Q1/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0034!SJ 3(1):71--80@				    (no commands)
	illustrates the bootstrap as an alternative method for
	estimating standard errors when the theoretical calculation
	is complicated or not available

.e SJ-3-1 pr0008
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox & U. Kohler
.t Speaking Stata: On structure & shape: the case of mult. resp.
.k data-sets set-s manage-ment reshape wide long reorganize split mult-iple
.k response-s composite var-iables concat-enation egen foreach forvalues
.k indica-tor str-ings func-tions tab-ulations
.x
	Q1/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=pr0008!SJ 3(1):81--99@				    (no commands)
	discussion of data manipulations for multiple response data

.e SJ-3-1 gn0005
.c sj
.a J. McGready
.t Review of Hills and De Stavola
.k book-s review-s hills de stavola intro-duction stata biostat-istics
.x
	Q1/03	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gn0005!SJ 3(1):100--104@				    (no commands)
	book review of ^A Short Introduction to Stata for Biostatistics^
	by Hills and De Stavola (2002)

.e SJ-2-4 @net:sj 2-4 st0024!st0024@
.c sj
.a D. W. Hosmer & P. Royston
.t Using Aalen's linear hazards model
.k stat-istics aalen propor-tional haz-ards model-s linear surviv-al anal-ysis
.k time reg-ressions test-s test-ing time vary-ing stlh
.o @stlh@ if installed
.x
	Q4/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0024!SJ 2(4):331--350@
	estimates & tests for the significance of the time-varying
	regression coefficients in Aalen's linear hazards model

.e SJ-2-4 @net:sj 2-4 st0025!st0025@
.c sj
.a M. E. Reichenheim
.t Two-graph receiver operating characteristic
.k stat-istics roc receiver-s operating character-istics curv-es specifici-ty
.k sensitiv-ity concurrent validity plot-s graph-s graph-ing graph-ics roctg
.o @roctg@ if installed
.x
	Q4/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0025!SJ 2(4):351--357@
	command for visualizing sensitivity and specificity curves
	according to the range of values of a new diagnostic test,
	given a "true" state of an event, the reference test

.e SJ-2-4 @net:sj 2-4 st0026!st0026@
.c sj
.a S. O. Becker & A. Ichino
.t Est. of average treatment effects based on propensity scores
.k stat-istics propensity scor-es match-ing treat-ments effect-s ave-rages
.k evaluation-s attk attnd attnw attr atts pscore
.o @pscore@, @attnd@, @attr@, ... if installed
.x
	Q4/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0026!SJ 2(4):358--377@
	propensity score matching estimators

.e SJ-2-4 @net:sj 2-4 st0027!st0027@
.c sj
.a W. Guan & R. G. Gutierrez
.t Programmable GLM:  Two user defined links
.k stat-istics glm est-imation est-imates general-ized linear model-s
.k reg-ressions link func-tions prog-ramming prog-rams cox surviv-al
.k anal-ysis hakulinen tenkanen collett logis-tic logit_nr relsurv
.o @logit_nr@, @relsurv@ if installed
.x
	Q4/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0027!SJ 2(4):378--390@
	two customized links for @glm@ -- relative survival model
	of Hakulinen and Tenkanen, and a logistic model that
	accounts for natural response

.e SJ-2-4 @net:sj 2-4 st0028!st0028@
.c sj
.a M. Schonlau
.t The clustergram
.k stat-istics graph-s graph-ics dend-rograms tree-s clus-ters clus-tering
.k anal-ysis hier-archical k-means mean-s clustergram
.o @clustergram@ if installed
.x
	Q4/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0028!SJ 2(4):391--402@
	alternative to dendrograms for visualizing hierarchical and
	nonhierarchical cluster analyses; allows more observations

.e SJ-2-4 @net:sj 2-4 st0029!st0029@
.c sj
.a B. P. Poi
.t From the help desk:  Demand system estimation
.k stat-istics est-imation max-imum like-lihood demand eq-uations non linear
.k nonlin-ear quaids lnl_quaids quaids_delta quaids_params quaids_vec vec_sum
.o @demand@ if installed
.x
	Q4/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0029!SJ 2(4):403--410@
	example of how to estimate systems of household demand
	equations; techniques for estimating any system of nonlinear
	equations using @ml@

.e SJ-2-4 pr0007
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Speaking Stata:  On getting functions to do the work
.k func-tions egen stat-istics str-ings percent-iles rank-s
.k plot-ting position-s
.x
	Q4/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=pr0007!SJ 2(4):411--427@				    (no commands)
	tips for effectively using the Stata built-in @functions@
	and @egen@ functions

.e SJ-2-4 gn0004
.c sj
.a D. W. Hosmer
.t Review of Cleves, Gould, and Gutierrez
.k book-s review-s cleves gould gutierrez surviv-al anal-ysis
.x
	Q4/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gn0004!SJ 2(4):428--431@				    (no commands)
	book review of ^An Introduction to Survival Analysis^
	^Using Stata^ by Cleves, Gould, and Gutierrez (2002)

.e SJ-2-4 @net:sj 2-4 snp9_1!snp9_1@
.c sj
.a R. Goldstein
.t Software update for ^kornbrot^
.k equal-ity distrib-utions pop-ulations hyp-othesis hyp-otheses
.k match-ed pair-s test-s test-ing signrank data
.k nonpar-ametric rank-sums sum-s order non param-etric kornbrot ordinal
.k wilcox-on sign-edranks sign-ed two samp-les stat-istics
.o @kornbrot@ if installed
.x
	Q4/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0002!SJ 2(4):432@
	bug fix for ^kornbrot^

.e SJ-2-4 @net:sj 2-4 sxd3_1!sxd3_1@
.c sj
.a M. E. Reichenheim
.t Software update for ^sskdlg^
.k stat-istics sskdlg samp-les size kap-pa box-es menu-s dial-ogs dial-ogues
.k rater-s interrat-er agree-ment rat-ings
.o @sskdlg@ if installed
.x
	Q4/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0002!SJ 2(4):432@
	bug fix for ^sskdlg^

.e SJ-2-4 @net:sj 2-4 st0022_1!st0022_1@
.c sj
.a J. Freese
.t Software update for ^leastlikely^
.k stat-istics outlier-s logis-tic reg-ressions pred-ictions pred-icted
.k prob-ability prob-abilities cat-egorical var-iables leastlikely
.o @leastlikely@ if installed
.x
	Q4/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0002!SJ 2(4):432@
	bug fix for ^leastlikely^

.e SJ-2-3 @net:sj 2-3 st0017!st0017@
.c sj
.a F. Heiss
.t Structural choice analysis with nested logit models
.k stat-istics nest-ed nest-ing est-imation est-imates logit logis-tic
.k cat-egorical model-s rum rumnl rand-om util-ity max-imization choice
.k discrete mcfadden-s cond-itional multin-omial
.k nlog_rum nlogitdn nlogitrum nlogitrum_p
.o @nlogitrum@ if installed
.x
	Q3/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0017!SJ 2(3):227--252@
	implementation of random utility maximization nested logit
	with comparison to Stata's @nlogit@ command

.e SJ-2-3 st0018
.c sj
.a J. W. Hardin
.t The robust variance estimator for two-stage models
.k stat-istics murphy topel est-imators est-imates est-imation two stage
.k robust variance-s sandw-ich
.x
	Q3/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0018!SJ 2(3):253--266@				    (no commands)
	presents the sandwich estimate as an alternative to the
	Murphy-Topel estimate of variance for two-stage models

.e SJ-2-3 @net:sj 2-3 st0019!st0019@
.c sj
.a M. E. Reichenheim & A. Ponce de Leon
.t Sensitivity & specificity with incomplete designs
.k stat-istics incom-plete design-s sensitiv-ity specifici-ty multistage
.k validity study studies preva-lence
.k valides-i validesu _valides _vld_lf _vld_sim
.o @valides@ if installed
.x
	Q3/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0019!SJ 2(3):267--279@
	calculation of point and precision estimates of sensitivity
	and specificity obtained in validity studies with incomplete
	designs

.e SJ-2-3 st0020
.c sj
.a M. A. Cleves
.t Variance of the area under the nonparametric ROC curve
.k stat-istics roc receiver-s operating character-istics curv-es trapezoid-al
.k rule-s sensitiv-ity specifici-ty predictive power-s accur-acy
.k auc area under discrim-inatory delong hanley bamber mcneil
.x
	Q3/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0020!SJ 2(3):280--289@				    (no commands)
	comparative assessment of three common algorithms for
	estimating the variance of the area under the nonparametric
	receiver operating characteristic curve

.e SJ-2-3 st0021
.c sj
.a R. M. Conroy
.t Measuring effect size
.k stat-istics adjust-ed corr-elations logis-tic reg-ressions scat-terplots
.k smooth-ing t-tests test-s
.x
	Q3/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0021!SJ 2(3):290--295@				    (no commands)
	case study showing superiority of regression over t tests,
	exploratory scatterplot smoothing as a key method of
	checking form of relationship, and the value of logistic
	regression followed by @adjust@

.e SJ-2-3 @net:sj 2-3 st0022!st0022@
.c sj
.a J. Freese
.t Least likely observations in reg. models for cat. outcomes
.k stat-istics outlier-s logis-tic reg-ressions pred-ictions pred-icted
.k prob-ability prob-abilities cat-egorical var-iables leastlikely
.o @leastlikely@ if installed
.x
	Q3/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0022!SJ 2(3):296--300@
	command for identifying poorly fitting observations for
	maximum-likelihood regression models for categorical
	dependent variables

.e SJ-2-3 st0023
.c sj
.a M. A. Cleves
.t From the help desk:  Comparing areas under ROC curves
.k stat-istics roc receiver-s operating character-istics curv-es predictive
.k accur-acy roccomp auc area under
.x
	Q3/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0023!SJ 2(3):301--313@				    (no commands)
	describes how to compare areas under receiver operating
	characteristic curves from two or more probit or logit
	models

.e SJ-2-3 pr0006
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Speaking Stata: On numbers and strings
.k data-sets set-s manage-ment type-s byte-s int-s long-s float-s double-s
.k str-ings var-iables num-bers destring convert num-erical encode decode
.k code-s value-s label-s tostring miss-ing identifier-s func-tions date-s
.k edit-ors spread-sheets bina-ry cat-egorical
.x
	Q3/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=pr0006!SJ 2(3):314--329@				    (no commands)
	explains the use of numeric and string data types in Stata
	and how to convert from one kind to another

.e SJ-2-2 st0010
.c sj
.a A. H. Feiveson
.t Power by simulation
.k stat-istics samp-les size power-s determ-ination hyp-othesis hyp-otheses
.k test-s test-ing mean-s propor-tions study studies simul-ations post-file
.k rand-om num-bers copula
.x
	Q2/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0010!SJ 2(2):107--124@				    (no commands)
	describes how to perform power and sample size estimation
	using simulation in Stata

.e SJ-2-2 st0011
.c sj
.a D. M. Drukker
.t Bootstrapping a cond. moments test for normality after tobit
.k stat-istics tobit norm-ality boot-strapped test-s test-ing cond-itional
.k mom-ents specifica-tion
.x
	Q2/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0011!SJ 2(2):125--139@				    (no commands)
	presents simulation evidence that the standard conditional
	moment test for normality after tobit estimation has
	essentially no size distortion and reasonable power when
	the critical values are obtained via a parametric bootstrap

.e SJ-2-2 @net:sj 2-2 st0012!st0012@
.c sj
.a I. R. White, S. Walker, & A. Babiker
.t strbee: Randomization-based efficacy estimator
.k stat-istics st strbee clinic-al trial-s cross-over surviv-al rand-omized
.k rand-omization outcome-s change treat-ments surviv-al anal-ysis fail-ure
.k time robins tsiatis
.o @strbee@ if installed
.x
	Q2/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0012!SJ 2(2):140--150@
	implements analysis of two-group clinical trials with a
	survival outcome in which some subjects may cross over to
	receive the treatment of the other arm

.e SJ-2-2 @net:sj 2-2 st0013!st0013@
.c sj
.a P. Royston & A. Babiker
.t Sample size calculation
.k stat-istics samp-les size determ-ination ssmenu calcssi sts test-s test-ing
.k log-ranks rank-s box-es menu-s dial-ogs dial-ogues time vary-ing haz-ards
.k cross-over tarone ware harrington fleming trend surviv-al bina-ry outcome-s
.k fail-ure rct-s rand-omized control-led trial-s calcssbi ernull errange
.k ssadvdlg ssbindlg ssdlg sssetdlg
.o @ssmenu@, @calcssi@, @calcssbi@ if installed
.x
	Q2/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0013!SJ 2(2):151--163@
	provides a menu-driven front end for complex sample size
	calculation in randomized controlled trials with a survival
	or a binary outcome

.e SJ-2-2 @net:sj 2-2 st0014!st0014@
.c sj
.a J. A. C. Sterne and K. Tilling
.t G-estimation of causal effects
.k stat-istics st stgest makelag makebase gesttowb g est-imation est-imates
.k time vary-ing surviv-al fail-ure anal-ysis baseline counterfactual
.k censor-ed censor-ing competing risk-s confound-ing caus-al effect-s
.k haz-ards ratio-s
.o @stgest@ if installed
.x
	Q2/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0014!SJ 2(2):164--182@
	implementation of G-estimation to estimate the effect of
	a time-varying exposure on survival time, allowing for
	time-varying covariates

.e SJ-2-2 @net:sj 2-2 st0015!st0015@
.c sj
.a T. J. Steichen and N. J. Cox
.t A note on the concordance correlation coefficient
.k stat-istics concord-ance corr-elations coef-ficients lin graph-s graph-ics
.k limit-s agree-ment meas-urements compar-isons
.o @concord@ if installed
.x
	Q2/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0015!SJ 2(2):183--189@
	correction based on an erratum for Lin's concordance
	correlation coefficient, and assessment of the impact of
	the change

.e SJ-2-2 st0016
.c sj
.a A. McDowell and J. Pitblado
.t From the help desk:  It's all about the sampling
.k svy stat-istics psu survey-s  pw-eights clus-ters clus-tering clus-tered
.k samp-les samp-ling strat-ified strat-a strat-um design-s svyset svymean
.k prob-ability weight-ing weight-s power
.x
	Q2/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0016!SJ 2(2):190--201@				    (no commands)
	demonstrates, by means of Monte Carlo simulations of the
	power of simple hypothesis tests, the consequences of
	parameter estimation and inference when naive estimators
	are used with survey data

.e SJ-2-2 pr0005
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Speaking Stata:  How to face lists with fortitude
.k for-each each for-values value-s loop-s loop-ing repeat-ing command-s
.k iter-ate list-s num-eric num-bers macro-s local-ly substitut-ion first
.x
	Q2/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=pr0005!SJ 2(2):202--222@				    (no commands)
	demonstrates the usefulness of @for@, @foreach@, @forvalues@, and
	local @macros@ for interactive (non programming) tasks

.e SJ-2-2 gn0003
.c sj
.a J. Freese
.t Review of Hamilton
.k book-s review-s hamilton stat-istics stata
.x
	Q2/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gn0003!SJ 2(2):223--225@				    (no commands)
	book review of ^Statistics with Stata (Updated for Version 7)^
	by Hamilton (2002)

.e SJ-2-2 @net:sj 2-2 st0001_1!st0001_1@
.c sj
.a P. Royston
.t Software update for ^stpm^
.k stat-istics propor-tional haz-ards model-s cox reg-ressions baseline odds
.k censor-ed censor-ing surviv-al fail-ure func-tions param-etric interv-als
.k cub-ic spline-s
.k bhcalc frac_s3b frac_spl mlsurvlf stpm stpm1 stpm_p
.o @stpm@, @bhcalc@ if installed
.x
	Q2/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=up0001!SJ 2(2):226@
	bug fix for ^stpm^

.e SJ-2-1 @net:sj 2-1 st0005!st0005@
.c sj
.a S. Rabe-Hesketh, A. Skrondal, & A. Pickles
.t Estimation of generalized linear mixed models
.k stat-istics est-imates est-imation general-ized linear latent mixed model-s
.k var-iables multi-level level item-s response-s order-ed class error-s in
.k covariate-s hier-archical nest-ed glm link family iden-tity logit probit
.k log recipr-ocal gauss-ian binom-ial poisson gamma rand-om effect-s factor-s
.k load-ings two 2 param-eters rasch clus-tered data adaptive quadra-ture
.k panel-s num-erical integration gllamm gllam_ll remcor
.o @gllamm@ if installed
.x
	Q1/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0005!SJ 2(1):1--21@
	using adaptive quadrature, implements multilevel latent
	variable models including multilevel generalized linear
	mixed models

.e SJ-2-1 st0006
.c sj
.a R. G. Gutierrez
.t Parametric frailty and shared frailty survival models
.k stat-istics surviv-al frail-ty share-d param-etric anal-ysis heterog-eneity
.k streg rand-om effect-s over-dispersion dispers-ion gamma inv-erse gauss-ian
.k weib-ull distrib-utions reg-ressions func-tions surviv-al haz-ards ratio-s
.k accel-erated fail-ure cumul-ative log-normal norm-al exp-onential
.x
	Q1/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0006!SJ 2(1):22--44@				    (no commands)
	primer for fitting parametric frailty and shared frailty
	survival models in Stata via the @streg@ command

.e SJ-2-1 st0007
.c sj
.a R. Newson
.t Parameters behind "nonparametric" statistics
.k stat-istics nonpar-ametric non param-etric conf-idence interv-als kendall-s
.k tau test-s test-ing corr-elate corr-elations rank-s theil med-ians slope-s
.k wilcox-on rank-sums diff-erences meth-ods gehan harrell-s c hodges lehmann
.k somer-sd d roc area
.x
	Q1/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0007!SJ 2(1):45--64@				    (no commands)
	reviews the use of parameters (Kendall's tau, Somers' D,
	and the Hodges-Lehmann median difference) behind "non-
	parametric" statistics, showing that confidence limits
	for these parameters, and their differences, are more
	informative than the traditional practice of reporting
	only p-values

.e SJ-2-1 @net:sj 2-1 st0008!st0008@
.c sj
.a A. P. Mander
.t Quantitative traits
.k stat-istics haplotype-s anal-ysis assoc-iations study studies phase unknown
.k allele-s em algor-ithms loci locus ipf iter-ative propor-tional fit-ting
.k test-s test-ing genotype-s log-linear linear model-s model-ing reg-ressions
.k qhapupdate qhapipf
.o @qhapipf@ if installed
.x
	Q1/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0008!SJ 2(1):65--70@
	models the relationship between a quantitative trait and
	the genotype of a person using regression and log-linear
	modeling when phase is unknown

.e SJ-2-1 st0009
.c sj
.a A. McDowell
.t Transfer functions
.k stat-istics arima autocor-relations corr-elations cross xcorr correlo-grams
.k corrgram filter func-tions diff-erences linear transfe-r impulse response-s
.k pre-whitened whiten-ed equation-s
.x
	Q1/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0009!SJ 2(1):71--85@				    (no commands)
	demonstrates the estimation of a transfer function using
	Stata's @arima@ command

.e SJ-2-1 pr0004
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Speaking Stata:  How to move step ^by:^ step
.k by-sort sort command-s prefix subset-s group-s repeat-ing varlist-s varlist:
.k _n _N subsc-ripts boolean true false logic-al
.x
	Q1/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=pr0004!SJ 2(1):86--102@				    (no commands)
	explains the use of the ^by^ varlist ^:^ construct to tackle
	a variety of problems with group structure, ranging from
	simple calculations for each of several groups to more
	advanced manipulations that use the built-in ^_n^ and ^_N^

.e SJ-2-1 gn0002
.c sj
.a J. Hendrickx
.t Review of Long and Freese
.k book-s review-s long freese cat-egorical depend-ent var-iables reg-ressions
.k data model-s
.x
	Q1/02	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gn0002!SJ 2(1):103--105@				    (no commands)
	book review of ^Regression Models for Categorical Dependent^
	^Variables Using Stata^ by Long and Freese (2001)

.e SJ-1-1 @net:sj 1-1 st0001!st0001@
.c sj
.a P. Royston
.t Flexible parametric alternatives to the Cox model, and more
.k stat-istics propor-tional haz-ards model-s cox reg-ressions baseline odds
.k censor-ed censor-ing surviv-al fail-ure func-tions param-etric interv-als
.k cub-ic spline-s
.k bhcalc frac_s3b frac_spl mlsurvlf stpm stpm_p
.o @stpm@, @bhcalc@ if installed
.x
	Q4/01	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0001!SJ 1(1):1--28@
	implementation and description of a class of flexible
	parametric survival models which use maximum likelihood
	for parameter estimation and a restricted cubic regression
	spline in log time to model the baseline distribution
	function; supports interval-censored data and covariates
	with non-proportional effects

.e SJ-1-1 pr0001
.c sj
.a W. Gould
.t Statistical software certification
.k prog-ramming prog-rams cert-ify cert-ification script-s cscript rcof
.k test-s test-ing ado-files file-s .ado command-s assert-ions
.x
	Q4/01	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=pr0001!SJ 1(1):29--50@				     (no commands)
	describes the automated process used to certify official
	Stata and how these techniques can be adopted to your own
	work

.e SJ-1-1 @net:sj 1-1 st0002!st0002@
.c sj
.a J. S. Long and J. Freese
.t Predicted probabilities for count models
.k stat-istics poisson nbreg zip zinb pred-ictions pred-icted prob-abilities
.k model-s count-s neg-ative binom-ial reg-ressions zero inflated prcounts
.o @prcounts@ if installed
.x
	Q4/01	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0002!SJ 1(1):51--57@
	postestimation command for generating predicted probabilities
	after @poisson@, @nbreg@, @zip@, and @zinb@

.e SJ-1-1 @net:sj 1-1 st0003!st0003@
.c sj
.a A. P. Mander
.t Haplotype analysis in population-based association studies
.k stat-istics haplotype-s allele-s em algor-ithms log-linear linear model-ing
.k model-s phase unknown assoc-iations study studies strat-ified anal-ysis
.k linkage disequilibrium loci locus ipf iter-ative propor-tional fit-ting
.k test-s test-ing genotype-s hardy weinberg equilib-rium gene-tics odd-s
.k ratio-s conf-idence interv-als profile like-lihood
.k dior hapipf hapupdate profhap
.o @hapipf@, @profhap@, @dior@ if installed
.x
	Q4/01	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0003!SJ 1(1):58--75@
	commands for population-based genetic data where association
	can be linkage disequilibrium within a set of loci or allelic/
	haplotype association with disease status

.e SJ-1-1 pr0002
.c sj
.a A. McDowell
.t From the help desk
.k util-ity upd-ates upgrade-s exec-utables offici-al
.k www net internet web-sites site-s
.k ado-files file-s findit search look-up up look-for for find package-s
.k download-ing stata user-s writ-ten add-itions stata instal-lation
.x
	Q4/01	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=pr0002!SJ 1(1):76--85@			  	    (no commands)
	explains updating Stata and finding commands

.e SJ-1-1 pr0003
.c sj
.a N. J. Cox
.t Speaking Stata: How to repeat yourself without going mad
.k data-sets set-s manage-ment append by-sort group-s subset-s
.k repeat-ing command-s collapse contract do-files file-s egen gen-erate
.k var-iables loop-ing loop-s log-s for-each each iter-ate for-values value-s
.k merge comb-ine join match name-s prog-ramming prog-rams reshape wide long
.k reorganize statsby accrue aggregate structure tab-ulate tab-ulations
.x
	Q4/01	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=pr0003!SJ 1(1):86--97@			  	    (no commands)
	describes systematic ways of repeating the same or similar
	operations

.e SJ-1-1 gn0001
.c sj
.a R. Newson
.t Review of Hardin and Hilbe
.k book-s review-s glm general-ized linear model-s hardin hilbe
.x
	Q4/01	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gn0001!SJ 1(1):98--100@				    (no commands)
	book review of ^Generalized Linear Models and Extensions^
	by Hardin and Hilbe (2001)

.e SJ-1-1 @net:sj 1-1 st0004!st0004@
.c sj
.a C. F. Baum
.t Residual diagnostics for cross-section time series reg. models
.k stat-istics xt-reg xt-gls cross section-al time-series series
.k fix-ed effect-s contempo-raneous corr-elations test-s test-ing
.k groupwise hetero-scedasticity hetero-skedasticity xttest2 xttest3
.o @xttest2@, @xttest3@ if installed
.x
	Q4/01	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=st0004!SJ 1(1):101--104@
	commands for testing groupwise heteroskedasticity and cross-
	sectional correlation after @xtreg!xtreg, fe@ and @xtgls@

.e SJ-1-1 @net:sj 1-1 dm0001!dm0001@
.c sj
.a P. Royston
.t Sort a list of items
.k data-sets set-s manage-ment sort macro-s local-ly list-s listsort
.o @listsort@ if installed
.x
	Q4/01	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=dm0001!SJ 1(1):105--106@
	command for sorting the contents of a set of local macros

.e SJ-1-1 @net:sj 1-1 gr0001!gr0001@
.c sj
.a P. Van Kerm and S. P. Jenkins
.t Generalized Lorenz curves & related graphs: update for Stata 7
.k stat-istics lorenz curv-es graph-s graph-ing graph-ics distrib-utions
.k income glc general-ized inequal-ity meas-ures
.k disper-sion segre-gation glcurve-7
.k concentra-tion tip
.o @glcurve7@ if installed
.x
	Q4/01	@browser:http://www.stata-journal.com/article.html?article=gr0001!SJ 1(1):107--112@
	updated to Stata 7 with improvements including new options
	automating the drawing of curves
