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table-output

持续稳定地创建并呈现分析表格。在撰写 R 分析结果，包含系数或汇总统计时使用此技能；优先将 LaTeX 表格文件保存于磁盘，并在回复中以终端表格形式呈现关键数值结果。

SKILL.md
--- frontmatter
name: table-output
description: Create and present analysis tables consistently. Use when writing R analysis outputs with coefficients or summary statistics; prefer LaTeX table artifacts on disk and present key numeric results as terminal tables in responses.

When to use

  • •Produce model results (coefficients, marginal effects, event-study/LP estimates).
  • •Produce group summaries (means, shares, counts, rates).
  • •Update an analysis script that currently writes only free-form text.

Rules

  • •Write a machine-readable table to disk (.csv) and a publication table to disk (.tex).
  • •Prefer LaTeX output in R scripts (fixest::etable, knitr::kable, or gt).
  • •Keep output paths config-driven (p_out(cfg, ...)), never hardcoded.
  • •Include key metadata columns when relevant: sample, spec, outcome, reference group, FE/cluster notes.
  • •Keep column names stable and explicit (estimate, std_error, p_value, n_obs).

R patterns

  • •Prefer fixest::etable(..., tex = TRUE) for regression tables.
  • •Prefer a paired coefficients CSV extracted from summary(model)$coeftable.
  • •Use knitr::kable(..., format = "latex", booktabs = TRUE) or gt::as_latex() for non-regression tables.
r
# Regression table (LaTeX)
tex_lines <- capture.output(fixest::etable(list(m1, m2), se.below = TRUE, digits = 3, tex = TRUE))
writeLines(tex_lines, con = p_out(cfg, "tables", "model_main.tex"))

# Coefficient CSV
ct <- data.table::as.data.table(summary(m1)$coeftable, keep.rownames = "term")
data.table::setnames(ct, c("Estimate", "Std. Error", "Pr(>|t|)"), c("estimate", "std_error", "p_value"))
data.table::fwrite(ct, p_out(cfg, "tables", "model_main_coefficients.csv"))

Terminal presentation

  • •Present key results as a compact Markdown table in terminal responses.
  • •Show at minimum: term/group, estimate, standard error, p-value, and sample/spec label.
  • •State reference category directly above or below the table.
  • •Round for readability (typically 3-4 decimals) while preserving sign and significance.