文档介绍：CHAPTER 1
A Brief Introduction to Stata
Getting help and information
Stata is a general purpose statistics package which was developed and is main-
tained by Stata Corporation. There are several forms of Stata, “Intercooled
Stata”, its shorter version “Small Stata” and a simpler to use (point and click)
student package “StataQuest”. There are versions of each of these packages for
Windows (, 95, 98 and NT), Unix platforms, and the Macintosh. In
this book we will describe Intercooled Stata for Windows although most fea-
tures are shared by the other versions of Stata.
The Stata package is described in seven manuals (Stata Getting Started,
Stata User’s Guide, Stata Reference Manuals 1-4 and the Stata Graphics
Manual) and in Hamilton (1998). The reference manuals provide extremely
detailed information on mand while the User’s guide describes Stata
more generally. Features which are specific to the operating system are de-
scribed in the appropriate Getting Started manual, . Getting started with
Stata for Windows.
Each mand has associated with it a help-file that may be viewed
within a Stata session using the help facility. If the mand-name
for a particular problem is not known, a list of mand-names for
that problem may be obtained using search. Both the help-files and manuals
refer to the reference manuals by “[R] command name”, to the User’s Guide
by “[U] chapter number and name”, and the graphics manual by “[G] name of
entry”.
TheStataweb-page(tainsinformationonthe
Stata mailing list and courses and has links to files containing exten-
sions and updates of the package (see Section ) as well as a “frequently
asked questions”(FAQ) list and further information on Stata.
The Stata mailing list, Statalist, simultaneously functions as a technical sup-
port service with Stata staff frequently offering very helpful responses to ques-
tions. The Statalist messages are archived at:
.edu/statalist
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