Speaking Stata: Trimming to taste

Stata Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 640-666

  Cox, Nicholas J ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Graphics; Means; Medians; Midmeans; Resistant; Robust; st0313; Trimmean; Trimming; Trimplot; Winsorizing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884372957     PISSN: 1536867X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1536867x1301300313     Document Type: Review

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