Stata Tutorial Files

0) Welcome to Stata!

1) Opening locally-saved and Github data in Stata (macOS)

Stata syntax used in this module: cd, use, webuse

2) Importing .csv and .xls data into Stata

Stata syntax used in this module: import

3) Browsing data

Stata syntax used in this module: browse, sort, tostring

4) Generating Dummy Variables/Simulated Data Sets

Stata syntax used in this module: generate, replace, set obs, missing(), _n

4.5) Help Command Intro

Stata syntax used in this module: help

5) Local and Global Macros

Stata syntax used in this module: local, global, display

6) What to Put at the Top of a .do File

Stata syntax used in this module: clear all, set obs, set seed

7) Abbreviations in Stata

8) Log Files

Stata syntax used in this module: log

9) Analyzing Data Structures

Stata syntax used in this module: count, describe, tabulate, list, summarize

10) Help Command

Stata syntax used in this module: help

11) Mathematical and Statistical Functions

Stata syntax used in this module: floor, ceiling, round, log, exp, sqrt, normal

12) Dropping or Keeping Observations

Stata syntax used in this module: drop, keep, preserve, restore

13) Iteration: “For” Loops

Stata syntax used in this module: forvalues, foreach

14) Intro to Graphing

Stata syntax used in this module: twoway, scatter, line, histogram

15) Merging Data

Stata syntax used in this module: merge 1:1, merge m:1

16) Accessing Stored Values

Stata syntax used in this module: return list, ereturn list, r(N), r(mean), r(sd), r(max), r(min), _b[var], _se[var], e(r2), e(cmdline)

17) Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcuts in this module: Ctrl-R, Ctrl-B, Command-Shift-D (Mac); or Page up, Page down, Ctrl-D (Windows); plus indentation.

18) Logical operators

Stata syntax used in this module: &, |

19) Subscripting and in

Stata syntax used in this module: [], in

Collaborators: Tristan Wille, Lily Levin, Pamela Jakiela, Owen Ozier