STATA's Dropdown Menus
It's time to get familiar with STATA's 8 drop-down menus!
An understanding of the menu items makes the program less intimidating and easier to navigate.
Here are selected functions from each of the menu items in STATA:
File
Open and save data, graphic, do, or log files
Import and export data files Print files Exit Stata
Edit
Copy and paste text, graphic, and tables
Set preferences of Stata
Data
Examine and change the data
Describe Data
Data Editor (allows you to make changes to the data set)
Data browser (allows you to look at data)
Create and change variables
Sort data
Combine data set
Labels data sets and variables
Create Notes
Variable Utilities
Matrices
Other Utilities
Graphics
Provides graphic presentations of the variables
Two-Way Graphs (line graph) Overlaid two-way graphs (one x-axis, two y-axes) Bar charts Dot charts Pie charts Histogram Box plot Scatter plot matrix Regression diagnostic plots Time series graphs Cross-sectional time-series line plot Survival analysis graphs ROC analysis Quality control More statistical graphs Table of graphs Manage graphs Change scheme/size
Statistics
Provides various statistical tests & summarizes data
Summaries, Tables, & Tests
Binary outcomes
Ordinal outcomes
Categorical outcomes
Count outcomes
Endogenous covariates
Selection models
Generalized linear models
Non-parametric analysis
Multivariate time series
Longitudinal/panel data
Survival analysis
Observational/epidemiologic analysis
Survey data analysis
Resampling
Post estimation
other
User
User-supplied STATA commands (download from Internet)
Window
Navigate through different windows
Open Do-file Editor
Help
Find solutions for STATA
Now that we understand STATA's menu items, let's learn about the buttons!
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