Economics 400 Computer Exercise

Exercise Title: Exercise1: Introduction to StataExercise1:

Introduction to Stata
Name (Last, First): Upadhyay, ShubhamUpadhyay, Shubham

Date: 8/21/2015
PID:72031147672031147
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Section No. of Course: 001001

Sign the Honor Pledge: Shubham Upadhyay
Describe:
Contains data from \\Client\C$\Users\Shubham
Upadhyay\Downloads\cardata.dta
obs:
155
vars:
12
size:
17,050
storage
variable name
type

display
format

mpg
cylinder
displace
horsepow
accel
year
weight
origin
make
model
price
carmaker

%12.0g
%12.0g
%12.0g
%12.0g
%12.0g
%12.0g
%12.0g
%12.0g
%12s
%14s
%12.0g
%12s

double
double
double
double
double
double
double
double
str12
str14
double
str12

value
label

variable label
cylinders
horsepower

carmakers

summarize mpg, detail:

mpg
------------------------------------------------------------Percentiles
Smallest
1%
16.2
15.5
5%
17.6
16.2
10%
19.1
16.5
Obs
154
25%
22.4
16.9
Sum of Wgt.
154
50%
75%
90%

28.9
34.3
38

Largest
44
44.3

Mean
Std. Dev.

28.79351
7.37721

Variance

54.42323

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40.9
44.6
99%
44.6
46.6
Stem mpg
Stem-and-leaf plot for mpg

Skewness
Kurtosis

.1115568
2.155094

mpg rounded to nearest multiple of .1

plot in units of .1
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mpg
30

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Box Plot of Miles per Gallon

.05

.1

Fraction
.15
.2

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.3

Distribution of Car Mileages

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mpg

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Appendix:
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------name: <unnamed>
log: \\Client\C$\Users\Shubham
Upadhyay\Documents\College\Spring 2015\E
> CON 400\Exercise1.log
log type: text
opened on: 27 Jan 2015, 23:25:47
. use "\\Client\C$\Users\Shubham Upadhyay\Downloads\cardata.dta",
clear
. describe
Contains data from \\Client\C$\Users\Shubham
Upadhyay\Downloads\cardata.dta
obs:
155
vars:
12
size:
17,050
storage
variable name
type

display
format

mpg
cylinder
displace
horsepow
accel
year
weight
origin
make
model
price
carmaker

%12.0g
%12.0g
%12.0g
%12.0g
%12.0g
%12.0g
%12.0g
%12.0g
%12s
%14s
%12.0g
%12s

double
double
double
double
double
double
double
double
str12
str14
double
str12

value
label

variable label
cylinders
horsepower

carmakers

Sorted by:

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. summarize mpg
Variable |
Obs
Mean
Std. Dev.
Min
Max
-------------+-------------------------------------------------mpg |

154

28.79351

7.37721

15.5

46.6

. summarize mpg, detail

mpg
------------------------------------------------------------Percentiles
Smallest
1%
16.2
15.5
5%
17.6
16.2
10%
19.1
16.5
Obs
154
25%
22.4
16.9
Sum of Wgt.
154
50%

28.9

75%
90%
95%
99%

34.3
38
40.9
44.6

Largest
44
44.3
44.6
46.6

Mean
Std. Dev.

28.79351
7.37721

Variance
Skewness
Kurtosis

54.42323
.1115568
2.155094

. summarize price horsepow weight

Variable |
Obs
Mean
Std. Dev.
Min
Max
-------------+-------------------------------------------------price |
155
4633.065 2028.218
1900
15475
horsepow |
151
89
24.42403
48
165
weight |
155
2673.019
601.1441 1755
4360

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. summarize
Variable |
Obs
Mean
Std. Dev.
Min
Max
-------------+-------------------------------------------------mpg |
154
28.79351
7.37721
15.5
46.6
cylinder |
155
4.83871
1.365074
3
8
displace |
155
153.5097
72.50861
70
360
horsepow |
151
89
24.42403
48
165
accel |
155
16.27613
2.52018
11.2
24.8
-------------+-------------------------------------------------year |
155
79.94194
1.456016
78
82
weight |
155
2673.019
601.1441
1755
4360
origin |
155
1.735484
.8759219
1
3
make |
0
model |
0
-------------+-------------------------------------------------price |
155
4633.065 2028.218
1900
15475
carmaker |
0
. stem mpg
Stem-and-leaf plot for mpg
mpg rounded to nearest multiple of .1
plot in units of .1
15*
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005667
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12224489
2222355668
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034
002567899
023
01448
04668
0000222459
000148
05889
00479
00035689
00012344789
0578
0011234557

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. graph box mpg, title("Box Plot of Miles per Gallon")

. graph box displace, title("Box Plot of Engine Displacement")
. histogram mpg, fraction title("Distribution of Car Mileages")
xlabel(15 (4) 48) ylabel(0 (.05) .3) start(15) width(4)
(bin=8, start=15, width=4)

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