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Stata
Technical
Bulletin


September 2000


STB-57


A publication to promote communication among Stata users

Editor


H. Joseph Newton
Department of Statistics
Texas A & M University
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Contents of this issue                                                                  page

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sbe19.2.


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sts17.


Extensions to generate, extended: corrections

Update to changing numeric variables to string

Utility for time series data

Update of tests for publication bias in meta-analysis

Haplotype frequency estimation using an EM algorithm and log-linear modeling

Nonparametric trim and fill analysis of publication bias in meta-analysis

Modeling mortality data using the Lee-Carter model

Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium test in case-control studies

В-splines and splines parameterized by their values at reference points on the æ-axis

Listing and interpreting transformed coefficients from certain regression models

Update to somersd

Tests for stationarity of a time series

Tests for long memory in a time series

Compacting time series data


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