tmeans.hlp.htm

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help for tmeans
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Trimmed, winsorized means & Huber M-estimator
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 tmeans varlist, trim(n)
 
Description
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tmeans computes trimmed, winsorized and untrimmed statistics
       and the Huber M-estimator for the variables in varlist.  

Options
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trim indicates the proportion of cases to trim from each end
     of the distribution (default = 0.2). 
     
k the constant used for the M-estimator (default = 1.28).     

Examples
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 . tmeans write
 . tmeans write, trim(.1)

Author
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      Philip B. Ender
      UCLA Department of Education
      UCLA Academic Technology Services
      enderatucla.edu