Stata Technical Bulletin 56
table of contents

an73: Electronic version of the Stata Technical Bulletin is now available
Author: Patricia Branton, StataCorp
dm78: Describing variables in memory
Author: Nicholas J. Cox, University of Durham, UK
dm79: Yet more new matrix commands
Author: Nicholas J. Cox, University of Durham, UK
dm80: Changing numeric variables to string
Authors: Nicholas J. Cox, University of Durham, UK
Jeremy B. Wernow, StataCorp
gr44: Graphing point estimate and confidence intervals
Author: Richard F. MacLehose, DHHS
sbe20.1: Update of galbr
Author: Aurelio Tobias, Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Alicante, Spain
sbe26.1: Update of metainf
Author: Aurelio Tobias, Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Alicante, Spain
sbe28.1: Update of metap
Author: Aurelio Tobias, Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Alicante, Spain
sbe35: Menus for epidemiological statistics
Authors:John Carlin, University of Melbourne, Australia
Suzanna Vidmar, University of Melbourne, Australia
sbe36: Summary statistics report for diagnostic tests
Author: Aurelio Tobias, Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Alicante, Spain
sbe37: Special restrictions in multinomial logistic regression
Author: John Hendrickx, University of Nijmegen, Netherlands
sg143: Cronbach’s alpha one-sided confidence interval
Authors: Maria-Jose Bleda, Madrid, Spain
Aurelio Tobias, Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Alicante, Spain
sg144: Marginal effects of the tobit model
Author: Ronna Cong, StataCorp
sg145: Scalar measures of fit for regression models
Authors: J. Scott Long, Indiana University
Jeremy Freese, University of Wisconsin-Madison
sg146: Parameter estimation for the generalized extreme value distribution
Authors: Manuel G. Scotto, University of Lisbon, Portugal
Aurelio Tobias, Universidad Miguel Hernandez, Alicante, Spain
sg147: Hill estimator for the index of regular variation
Author: Manuel G. Scotto, University of Lisbon, Portugal
sg148: Profile likelihood confidence intervals for explanatory variables in logistic regression
Author: Mark S. Pearce, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
sg149: Tests for seasonal data via the Edwards and Walter & Elwood tests
Authors: Mark S. Pearce, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Richard Feltbower, University of Leeds, UK