From the last post in this series, you should know how to change between numeric types and easily change numeric data. We’ll now expand your type-changing skills to include changing string variables with two new commands. (more…)
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Getting Started with Stata Tutorial #12: Changing Variables to and from Strings
May 29th, 2025 by TAF SupportGetting Started with Stata Tutorial #11: Editing Variables Using recode and recast
May 12th, 2025 by TAF SupportFrom our last posts in this series, you should be comfortable with how Stata handles data editing, as well as with making your own variables. In this post, we’ll talk about commands that edit the content or storage type of your variables in Stata: recode and recast. Let’s start off with the recode command.
Getting Started with Stata Tutorial #10: Four Commands to Create New Variables in Stata
April 29th, 2025 by TAF SupportFrom our last article, you should feel comfortable with the idea of editing and saving data sets in Stata. In this article, we’ll explain how to create new variables in Stata using replace, generate, egen, and clonevar.
Getting Started with Stata Tutorial #9: Saving, Reordering, and Dropping Data
March 17th, 2025 by TAF SupportStata makes it a breeze to edit or clean your data. If you’re unfamiliar with using data sets in Stata, check out these blog posts to get a good grasp on importing and browsing data in Stata.
For this tutorial we will be using Stata’s “auto” data set. If you haven’t loaded it in yet, type
Getting Started with Stata Tutorial #8: Examining Data in Stata
January 14th, 2025 by guest contributerOnce you’ve imported your data into Stata the next step is usually examining it.
Before you work on building a model or running any tests, you need to understand your data. Ask yourself these questions:
- Is every variable marked as the appropriate type?
- Are missing observations coded consistently and marked as missing?
- Do I want to exclude any variables or data points?
Getting Started with Stata Tutorial #6: How Stata Code Works
July 18th, 2024 by guest contributerIf you’ve tried coding in Stata, you may have found it strange. The syntax rules are straightforward, but different from what I’d expect.
I had experience coding in Java and R before I ever used Stata. Because of this, I expected commands to be followed by parentheses, and for this to make it easy to read the code’s structure.
Stata does not work this way.
An Example of how Stata Code Works
To see the way Stata handles a linear regression, go to the command line and type
h reg or help regress
You will see a help page pop up, with this Syntax line near the top.
(If you need a refresher on getting help in Stata, watch this video by Jeff Meyer.)
This is typical of how Stata code looks. (more…)