[R] [PS] Re: Table of basic descriptive statistics like SPSS

Frank E Harrell Jr f.harrell at vanderbilt.edu
Tue Mar 18 19:45:47 CET 2008


Ben Fairbank wrote:
> "tiny high-resolution histograms"
> 
> Could you say a bit more on that topic?  How achieved?  Where

latex(describe()) uses LaTeX's picture environment after binning into 
101 bins.

> documented?  Similar to Tufte's sparklines?  

yes, a bit

See the link from http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/Hmisc

Frank

> 
> Maybe the list as a whole would be interested.
> 
> Thank you,
> 
> Ben 
> 
> If you use LaTeX you'll get more (and better) output including tiny 
> high-resolution histograms of continuous variables.
> 
> Frank
> 
> 


-- 
Frank E Harrell Jr   Professor and Chair           School of Medicine
                      Department of Biostatistics   Vanderbilt University



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