SHORTH: Stata module for descriptive statistics based on shortest halves

Nicholas Cox

Statistical Software Components from Boston College Department of Economics

Abstract: shorth calculates descriptive statistics based on the shortest half of the distribution of each variable or group specified: the shorth, the mean of values in that shortest half; the midpoint of that half, which is the least median of squares estimate of location; and the length of the shortest half.

Language: Stata
Requires: Stata version 8.2
Keywords: robust; descriptive; shorth; LMS; least median of squares (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-05-11, Revised 2007-02-27
Note: This module should be installed from within Stata by typing "ssc install shorth". The module is made available under terms of the GPL v3 (https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-3.0.txt). Windows users should not attempt to download these files with a web browser.
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