STATA

Stata is an interactive data analysis program which runs on a variety of platforms. Stata is installed on the Windows machines and Macs in OIT's public clusters and on the Windows machines in the DSS Data Lab, as well as on the Tombstone Unix server.

DSS Resources

Introduction to Stata

Introduction
Issuing Commands
Stata's Online Help
Operating System Interface
Dealing With Memory Requirements - what to do if there's "no room"
Keeping Track of Your Work
Stata's Built-in Calculator: display

Data, Datasets and Variables

Data Files - what they are and how to get them in Stata
- Converting to and from Excel and spreadsheet files
- Reading other kinds of text data
Saving Data
Missing Values
Stata Variable Types
Stata Variable Names

Exploring your Data

Examining your Data
Summary Statistics
Simple Regression
Predicted Values

Creating and Modifying Variables

Variable creation commands
The if qualifier
Combining tests: and and or
Subscripting

Running Stata on Unix

Running Unix Stata in text mode
Stata for Unix with an XWindows interface
Running large jobs in the background

Additional help on using Stata for particular types of analysis can be found on our analysis page.
See in particular:

Resources at Other Sites

Stata Learning Modules at the UCLA Statistical Computing portal
Graphing tutorials, data entry, collapsing and merging, and some regression diagnostics.
Stata Programming: Data Management at the Carolina Population Center
Tutorials on topics including basic summary statistics, entering data, merging data files, and some more advanced programming concepts.
Regression with Stata online text from UCLA
Model specification, regression commands, data diagnostics, interpreting Stata output.
Stata.com FAQs
Official answers to questions on how to perform various specific tasks with Stata.

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