Econ 5 midterm ucsd Test Questions with All Correct Answers Updated.

Econ 5 midterm ucsd Test Questions
with All Correct Answers 2025-2026
Updated.
use stata as calculator - Answer di or display



help files - Answer help ***



strings - Answer words, make sure to put quotation marks



example: display "hello world"



Check working directory - Answer pwd



change working directory - Answer cd "/Users/nellyzerbib/Desktop/ECON POLI 5/data
sets/week 2"



use college_mobility.dta, replace



how to quickly view variables - Answer use describe command



how to see data - Answer br or browse



to see descriptive statistics, so if binary do this to see the mean and see % true - Answer sum



create command - Answer gen newvar = expression



create binary variables - Answer gen newvar = (var=="othervar")



newvar is new column, rows will be 1 if othervar is true and 0 if not true

, if statement - Answer ex: sum income if age>18



sum mobility_rate if name == "UCSD"



What is a histogram? what is code - Answer distribution of numeric variable



code = histogram varname



what is binning data - Answer divide range into series of intervals



brackets is inclusive and parantheses is exlcuding



[60-70) is 60-69



titles - Answer title("wat")

xtitle

ytitle




example: histogram par_median, frac color(blue%40)

/// title("Distribution of Parental Income") xtitle("Parental Income") ytitle("Fraction of Schools")



what school has the maximum par_median? - Answer sum par_median

*max = 2000

br name if par_median == 2000



what is a unit of observation? - Answer the unit described by the data that one analyzes



so in the college_mobillity, it was instituition