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TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION: 3
Chapter 1. THE BASICS: WHAT STATA LOOKS LIKE 3
OPENING A DATASET: 3
COMPARING WITH EXCEL: 4
Chapter 2. LOOKING AT YOUR DATA: SOME BASIC COMMANDS 5
STRUCTURE: 5
SHORTHAND: 5
1. SUMMARIZE 5
2. TABULATE 6
3. LIST 7
Chapter 3. IMPOSING CONDITIONS 7
1. IF 7
2. AND/OR SYNTAX 8
Chapter 4. SAVING AND SORTING 11
1. SAVE 11
2. SORT 11
Chapter 5. MANIPULATING YOUR DATA: CREATING AND CHANGING VARIABLES 12
1. GENERATE 12
2. REPLACE 13
3. DROP 14
4. SAVE, revisited 14
EX 1. EXERCISES FOR CHAPTERS 1-5. 15
Ex 2. ADDITIONAL REVIEW 17
Chapter 6: DO-FILES 18
1. WHAT IS A DO-FILE AND WHY DO WE NEED ONE? 18
2. STARTING A DO-FILE 18
3. EXECUTING COMMANDS 19
Chapter 7: REPRODUCIBILITY: A QUICK GUIDE 19
1. FOLDER STRUCTURE AND ORGANIZATION 19
2. MASTER DO-FILE 20
3. ANNOTATION 20
4. TYPICAL OPENING COMMANDS 22
A. CLEAR 22
B. SET MORE OFF 22
C. SET MEMORY 22
4. OTHER GOOD COMMANDS TO INCLUDE IN THIS INITIAL SECTION: 22
A. VERSION OF STATA 22
B. LOG CLOSE 22
SUMMARY 23
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