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GETTING STARTED WITH STATA
FOR UNIX R
RELEASE 11
A Stata Press Publication
StataCorp LP
College Station, Texas
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ISBN-10: 1-59718-053-X
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Table of Contents
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Introducing Stata—sample session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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The Stata user interface
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Using the Viewer
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Getting help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Opening and saving Stata datasets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Using the Data Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Using the Variables Manager
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Importing data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Labeling data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Listing data and basic command syntax
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Creating new variables
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Deleting variables and observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Using the Do-file Editor—automating Stata
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Graphing data
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Editing graphs
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Saving and printing results by using logs
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Setting font and window preferences
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Learning more about Stata
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Updating and extending Stata—Internet functionality
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Troubleshooting Stata
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Managing memory
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Advanced Stata usage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Stata manual pages for Unix
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conren — Set the color, etc., of Stata(console)
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stata — Stata invocation command
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Subject index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Cross-referencing the documentation
When reading this manual, you will find references to other Stata manuals. For example,
[ U ] 26 Overview of Stata estimation commands
[ R ] regress
[ D ] reshape
The first example is a reference to chapter 26, Overview of Stata estimation commands, in the User’s
Guide; the second is a reference to the regress entry in the Base Reference Manual; and the third
is a reference to the reshape entry in the Data-Management Reference Manual.
All the manuals in the Stata Documentation have a shorthand notation:
[ GSM ]
Getting Started with Stata for Mac
[ GSU ]
Getting Started with Stata for Unix
[ GSW ]
Getting Started with Stata for Windows
[ U ]
Stata User’s Guide
[ R ]
Stata Base Reference Manual
[ D ]
Stata Data-Management Reference Manual
[ G ]
Stata Graphics Reference Manual
[ XT ]
Stata Longitudinal-Data/Panel-Data Reference Manual
[ MI ]
Stata Multiple-Imputation Reference Manual
[ MV ]
Stata Multivariate Statistics Reference Manual
[ P ]
Stata Programming Reference Manual
[ SVY ]
Stata Survey Data Reference Manual
[ ST ]
Stata Survival Analysis and Epidemiological Tables Reference Manual
[ TS ]
Stata Time-Series Reference Manual
[ I ]
Stata Quick Reference and Index
[ M ]
Mata Reference Manual
Detailed information about each of these manuals may be found online at
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