[OS X TeX] Stata Estimates to LaTeX tables

[Marcelo LaFleur]

Just wanted to chime in.  I use Stata and I've had to convert many output
tables to TeX.  I found that the easiest way to do that was to do a "copy
table" command from Stata and paste it into Excel. I added columns with the
"&" and "\\" commands, as well as general formatting. Then I copied the
entire excel table into TextEdit as plain text or directly into TeXShop.

Kind of a roundabout way of doing things, but at least I didn't have to
enter all the coefficients and other statistics by hand.

It would be great to have a Stata module that did this, instead of a TeX
module.


-- 
Marcelo T. LaFleur, Ph.D.



on 5/10/04 8:27 PM, Fredrik Wallenberg at fwallenberg at mac.com wrote:

> I assume there are many users on this list that regularly convert Stata
> estimates into LaTeX tables and wanted to get some input from you. I
> know I should send this to the "real" tex list, but wanted to start in
> small scale :-)
> 
> There are a number of solutions available to get a stata regression
> output into LaTeX. If you only want one single regression, outtex
> provides a nicely formatted, if somewhat old, LaTeX code with
> sufficient features for most users. However, I almost exclusively
> report multiple versions/models which means I want to report them in
> multiple columns, one model per column. There are, to the best of my
> knowledge, two ways to do that. For the direct stata to LaTeX route
> there is the est2vec+est2tex package. The other option is to use outreg
> to get the output into Excel (actually it is only a tab separated text
> file) and then use the Excel2TeX macro to output into LaTeX.
> 
> While est2vec/tex is the best route as far as being direct, it lacks
> certain features that makes it less useful (and/or adds significant
> post-processing anyway).
> 
> My goal is to extend est2vec and est2tex to provide (myself with) a
> better solution. Before I get started I wanted to see if I could get
> some input on this (and maybe even some help :-)
> 
> If I get enough people to show interest I would consider setting up a
> sourceforge project for this... if anyone has experience with that, let
> me know.
> 
> 
> Est2Vec (storing the relevant information in matrices for later export
> to Latex)
> -----------
> 
> Exponential Output
> One limitation I've found here so far is the ability to report
> exponential forms of the estimates and standard deviations. Lifting
> code from -outreg- I have already added the option -eform- to -est2vec-
> and it seems to be working (but needs more testing).
> 
> Manual Variables
> I find that I frequently want to report a table with several control
> variables (such as state dummies) suppressed). I am considering
> allowing the user to add one (or more) lines to the end of the variable
> lists. For example EXTRAVAR(State Dummies)(yes) would add a new
> variable named "State Dummies" with a value "yes" to the coefficient
> matrix (and probably an empty observation in the errors matrix).
> 
> Is there anything else missing??
> 
> 
> Est2Tex (create and save LaTeX files from information stored in
> matrices by -est2vec-)
> -----------
> 
> Significance Marks
> My first goal here is to allow the use of "fancy" significance marks.
> Both -est2tex- and -outreg- simply use *, **, *** (or +,*,**). -Outtex-
> however defines \onepc, \fivepc and \tenpc for a much more elegant
> output. Further, -outtex- also (depending on options) puts the
> estimates and the significance in separate columns (r @{} l). There are
> two ways to implement the latter, one is using the same approach as
> -outtex-, the other is to use the package -dcolumns-. The latter would
> be nicer if I could get it to work (so far it doesn't like macros in
> the columns and I might have to use the -outtex- approach). An
> extension would be to suppress the definition of the significance terms
> (\onepc etc) in each table and rely on those being defined in the
> header of the document. A similar flag would probably be added for
> -dcolumn- column types (if I decide to use -dcolumn-). Implementation
> through a new FANCY2 option (or something like that).
> 
> Standard Error formatting
> -Est2tex- currently does not allow me to put standard errors within
> brackets (rather than parenthesis) or include them without a
> parenthesis. The former is an option for -outreg- and the latter is an
> option for -outtex- but I don't know if it should be a priority... let
> me know if this is important to include. Implementation options: NOPAR
> BRACKET
> 
> Long table
> -Outtex- allows the use of the -longtable- package and I find that a
> necessity for many of my long regression results. This would be
> implemented with LONG_TABLE option.
> 
> Table
> -Est2tex- produces -tabular- output that the user then has to put into
> a -table- wrapper should (s)he want a float and/or want a caption and
> label for the table. I am considering adding a TA_BLE option that would
> also be assumed if the user adds either CAP_TION() or LA_BEL()
> 
> Booktabs
> I just learned about the package -booktabs- that makes the table
> conform closer to predominant publishing standards. I would consider
> enabling it as part of the FANCY2 option.
> 
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