I'm running Stata 15.1 on OSX. I have a variable containing standardized test scores, which I'd like to either transform this variable or create another that stores them according to specific percentiles. These percentiles should correspond to a normal distribution (i.e. 0.1, 2.2, 13.6, 34.1, 34.1, 13.6, 2.2, 0.01). I know xtile can divide variables into n quintiles, but I wasn't sure how to configure it to obtain the desired cutpoints. Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
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* Example generated by -dataex-. To install: ssc install dataex clear input float IQ . -1.2351986 .2448673 .4643255 1.889084 1.9801397 .1742738 .05650223 .6005792 -.4292795 1.4921693 1.6413466 1.0393566 1.959469 1.384924 .2740149 1.6423193 1.861465 . .8555078 1.598789 1.6248794 1.418067 .8210449 .3124731 1.8996103 1.8856792 1.750537 -.5728984 -1.1765907 . . . -1.2620186 .370004 . .4827034 -1.0285945 -.54003346 -.13815095 .51066977 -.697236 -.9404569 -.18532906 .28603524 1.2402283 1.1491377 -.6110786 1.0015932 1.2627057 . .9270393 .04326595 . . 1.168141 -.4017995 1.7102726 1.9609627 1.4099375 1.9716977 -.20884864 1.582044 1.757659 1.138646 -.6860147 1.7665875 2.0012274 1.539278 . 1.9344207 1.3251003 1.359459 1.846144 1.423799 .013354048 1.8912725 1.4921693 1.865182 1.2632962 -.4481091 -1.3975427 -1.390664 -.7430245 -1.3885448 -1.222796 -1.0398853 1.334133 1.4794194 1.3167626 -.6799698 .06876576 -.4848997 . -.27176437 -.1953692 .59112966 .943437 . -.06859969 end
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