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Stata Cheatsheets (inspired by RStudio's Cheatsheets)
Introduction to Stata - Social Science Computing Cooperative UW-Madison
Introduction to Stata 15 — Linkedin Learning (NYU Login Required for Free Access)
Install and Uninstall Programs from Boston College Statistical Software Components (SSC)
Bittmann, Felix. Stata: A Really Short Introduction. Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter Oldenbourg, 2019. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110617160
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1. Always save your .do file
2. NEVER save changes to the .dta file unless you are absolutely sure
3. Comment, comment, comment
4. Keep track of .log files
5. When making a major change to your .do file, create a new version
6. Keep a .do file template so you don't have to rewrite the simple stuff
7. Stata is case-sensitive
Make special note of the difference between = and ==.
+ "addition"
- "subtraction"
* "multiplication"
/ "division"
^ "power"
& "and"
| "or"
! "not"
> "greater than"
>= "greater than or equal to"
< "less than"
<= "less than or equal to"
= "assign the value"
== "equal to"
!= "not equal to"