Introduction to Stata 8

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newlog.ado (user program)
......................................... 70
Non-parametric tests ............ 31
Normal distribution.............. 31
Notation in this booklet.......... 2
note.................................... 19
NoteTab Light...................... 70
nt.ado (user program) ...... 70
Number lists......................... 14
Numbering observations ...... 24
Numeric formats .................. 12
Numeric ranges .................... 14
Numeric variables ................ 11
numlabel .......................... 18
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Observations ........................ 11
oneway ............................... 30
Open a graph........................ 52
Operators.............................. 20
Options................................. 13
order ................................. 23
outfile............................. 63
Output .................................... 8
outsheet .......................... 63
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Plot area ............................... 39
pnorm ................................. 31
poisgof............................. 37
poisson............................. 37
Poisson regression................ 37
Power estimation.................. 61
P-P plot ................................ 31
predict............................. 32
profile.do................... 4;66
Programs .............................. 62
Purchasing Stata................... 67
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qnorm ................................. 31
Q-Q plot ............................... 31
Qualifiers.............................. 13
Quotes .................................. 15
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Random numbers ................. 59
Random samples .............23;59
real function .................... 55
recode ...............................22
Reference line (graphs) ........48
regress .............................32
Regression analysis ..............32
Regression, Cox....................35
Regression, linear .................32
Regression, logistic ..............33
Regression, Poisson..............37
Relational operators..............20
rename ...............................23
Reordering variables.............23
replace .............................21
reshape .............................26
Results window ...................5;8
Review window......................5
ROC curve............................33
run.........................................7
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sample ..........................23;59
Sample size estimation .........61
sampsi ...............................61
save ....................................16
Saving graphs .......................52
Scatterplot, matrix ................51
Scatterplots...........................45
Schemes (graphs) .................53
sdtest ...............................31
search .................................9
Selecting observations..........23
Selecting variables................23
Simulations...........................59
slist..................................27
sort ....................................24
Spreadsheets.........................63
SPSS and Stata .....................63
st command family.............34
Stata manuals..........................9
StatTransfer ..........................63
stcox..................................35
stptime .............................35
Stratified analysis .................29
String formats.......................55
string function................56
String variables.....................55
sts graph ........................35
sts list...........................35
sts test...........................35
stset..................................34
stsplit .............................36
stsum..................................36
Study power..........................61
substr function................56
summarize ........................27
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summvl............................... 27
Survival analysis.................. 34
Syntax .................................. 13
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tab1.................................... 28
tab2.................................... 28
tabi.................................... 29
table ................................. 30
Tab-separated data............... 17
tabulate .......................... 27
Ticks (graphs) ...................... 40
time.ado (user program) 62
Transposing data.................. 26
T-test.................................... 31
ttest, ttesti................. 31
twoway connected....... 47
twoway dropline ......... 49
twoway function ......... 50
twoway graphs.................. 43
twoway line................... 46
twoway rcap................... 47
twoway rspike .............. 48
twoway scatter............ 45
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Updating Stata ....................... 3
use...................................... 16
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Value labels ......................... 18
Variable labels ..................... 18
Variable lists ........................ 13
Variable names .................... 11
Variables.............................. 11
Variables window .................. 5
Variance homogeneity......... 31
Viewer window................... 6;8
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Weighting observations ....... 14
whelp ................................... 9
Wilcoxon test....................... 31
Windows in Stata................... 5
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xi: prefix................................ 32
xpose ................................. 26