Statistical functions

Beta and noncentral beta distributions

Cumulative beta distribution

Probability density of the beta distribution

Right-tailed beta distribution

Inverse cumulative beta distribution

Inverse of the upper-tailed distribution

Cumulative noncentral beta distribution

Probability density of the noncentral beta distribution

Inverse cumulative noncentral beta distribution

Binomial distribution

Cumulative binomial distribution

Probability mass of the binomial distribution

Right-tailed binomial distribution

Inverse cumulative binomial distribution

Inverse of the upper-tailed binomial distribution

Chi-squared distribution

Cumulative chi-squared distribution

Probability density of chi-squared distribution

Right-tailed chi-squared distribution

Inverse cumulative chi-squared distribution

Inverse of the upper-tailed chi-squared distribution

Noncentral chi-squared distribution

Cumulative noncentral chi-squared distribution

Inverse cumulative noncentral chi-squared distribution

Noncentrality parameter of the noncentral chi-squared distribution

Probability density of noncentral chi-squared distribution

Reverse cumulative noncentral chi-squared distribution

Inverse of upper-tailed noncentral chi-squared distribution

Dunnett’s multiple range

Cumulative Dunnett’s multiple range distribution

Inverse cumulative Dunnett’s multiple range distribution

Exponential distribution New

Probability density of the exponential distribution

Cumulative exponential distribution

Reverse cumulative exponential distribution

Inverse cumulative exponential distribution

Inverse upper-tailed exponential distribution

F and noncentral F distributions

Cumulative F distribution

Probability density of the F distribution

Right-tailed F distribution

Inverse cumulative noncentral F distribution New

Inverse cumulative F distribution

Inverse of the upper-tailed distribution

Cumulative noncentral F distribution

Probability density of the noncentral F

Right-tailed noncentral F distribution

Inverse upper-tailed noncentral F distribution

Noncentrality parameter of the noncentral F distribution

Gamma distribution

Cumulative gamma distribution

Probability density of the gamma distribution

Right-tailed gamma distribution

Inverse cumulative gamma distribution

Inverse of the upper-tailed distribution

Partial derivatives of the cumulative gamma distribution

Second partial derivatives of the cumulative gamma distribution

Natural log of the inverse gamma density

Hypergeometric distribution

Cumulative hypergeometric distribution

Probability mass of the hypergeometric distribution

Logistic distribution

Probability density of the logistic distribution

Cumulative logistic distribution

Reverse cumulative logistic distribution

Inverse cumulative logistic distribution

Inverse upper-tailed logistic distribution

Negative binomial distribution

Cumulative negative binomial distribution

Probability mass function of the negative binomial distribution

Right-tailed negative binomial distribution

Inverse cumulative negative binomial distribution

Inverse of the upper-tailed negative binomial distribution

Normal, log of the normal, and binormal distributions

Cumulative bivariate normal distribution

Cumulative standard normal distribution

Probability density of the normal distribution

Inverse cumulative standard normal distribution

Log of the cumulative standard normal distribution

Log of the probability density of the normal distribution

Natural log of the multivariate normal density

Poisson distribution

Cumulative Poisson distribution

Probability mass of the Poisson distribution

Right-tailed Poisson distribution

Inverse cumulative Poisson distribution

Inverse of the upper-tailed Poisson distribution

Student’s t and noncentral Student’s t distributions

Cumulative Student’s t distribution

Robability density of the Student’s t distribution

Right-tailed Student’s t distribution

Inverse cumulative Student’s t distribution

Inverse of the upper-tailed Student’s t distribution

Cumulative noncentral Student’s t distribution

Probability density of the noncentral Student’s t distribution

Right-tailed noncentral Student’s t distribution

Inverse cumulative noncentral Student’s t distribution New

Inverse of the upper-tailed noncentral Student’s t distribution

Noncentrality parameter of the noncentral Student’s t distribution

Tukey’s Studentized range

Cumulative Tukey’s Studentized range distribution

Inverse cumulative Tukey’s Studentized range distribution

Weibull distribution New

Probability density of the Weibull distribution

Cumulative Weibull distribution

Upper-tailed Weibull distribution

Inverse cumulative Weibull distribution

Inverse upper-tailed Weibull distribution

Weibull (proportional hazards) distribution New

Probability density of the Weibull (proportional hazards) distribution

Cumulative Weibull (proportional hazards) distribution

Reverse cumulative Weibull (proportional hazards) distribution

Inverse cumulative Weibull (proportional hazards) distribution

Inverse upper-tailed Weibull (proportional hazards) distribution

Wishart and inverse Wishart distributions New

Natural log of the density of the Wishart distribution

Natural log of the density of the inverse Wishart distribution

Date and time functions

Complete suite of functions for manipulating dates and datetimes, including support for business calendars and leap seconds

Convert dates and datetimes in string form to numeric form with great flexibility, including support for any order of year, month, day, hour, minute, second, and millisecond

Extract day, day of week, week of year, month, quarter, half-year, or year from specified date

Extract hour, minute, second, or millisecond from specified time or datetime, including optional adjustments for leap seconds

Convert between units of date and time

Convert between business dates and regular dates

Matrix functions

Stata has a powerful matrix language called Mata that contains hundreds of functions.

 

Below, we list some basic matrix functions that are provided within Stata. All of the same functionality, and more, is provided in Mata too. Mata is included with Stata.

Determinant of matrix

Trace of matrix

Number of rows of matrix

Number of columns of matrix

Number of zeros on diagonal of matrix

Floor of matrix element

Check if matrix is symmetric

Check for missing elements in matrix

Relative difference of two matrices

Column number associated with specified column name

Row number associated with specified row name

Identity matrix

Inverse of matrix

Cholesky decomposition

Hadamard matrix

Sweep matrix

Correlation matrix of variance matrix

Diagonal matrix from vector

r x c matrix with each element equal to z

r x c matrix with elements containing uniformly distributed pseudorandom numbers in [0,1]

Column vector from matrix

 

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