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Data-Management Reference ManualCopyright 2011ISBN-13: 978-1-59718-080-1 Pages: 636; paperback Price $55.00 |
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See a larger photo of the front cover Overview of the Stata 12 documentation Table of contents Introduction to data-management reference manual (pdf) Introduction to data-management commands (pdf) Subject and author index (pdf) Sample entries (pdf):
datetime business calendars—Business calendars
Download the datasets for this manual
merge—Merge datasets reshape—Convert data from wide to long form and vice versa | |
| intro (pdf) | Introduction to data-management reference manual |
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| data management (pdf) | Introduction to data-management commands |
| append | Append datasets |
| assert | Verify truth of claim |
| bcal | Business calendar file manipulation |
| by | Repeat Stata command on subsets of the data |
| cd | Change directory |
| cf | Compare two datasets |
| changeeol | Convert end-of-line characters of text file |
| checksum | Calculate checksum of file |
| clear | Clear memory |
| clonevar | Clone existing variable |
| codebook | Describe data contents |
| collapse | Make dataset of summary statistics |
| compare | Compare two variables |
| compress | Compress data in memory |
| contract | Make dataset of frequencies and percentages |
| copy | Copy file from disk or URL |
| corr2data | Create dataset with specified correlation structure |
| count | Count observations satsifying specified conditions |
| cross | Form every pairwise combination of two datasets |
| data types | Quick reference for data types |
| datasignature | Determine whether data have changed |
| datetime | Date and time values and variables |
| datetime business calendars (pdf) | Business calendars |
| datetime business calendars creation | Business calendars creation |
| datetime display formats | Display formats for dates and times |
| datetime translation | String to numeric date translation functions |
| describe | Describe data in memory or in file |
| destring | Convert string variables to numeric variables and vice versa |
| dir | Display filenames |
| drawnorm | Draw sample from multivariate normal distribution |
| drop | Eliminate variables or observations |
| ds | List variables matching name patterns or other characteristics |
| duplicates | Report, tag, or drop duplicate observations |
| edit | Browse or edit data with Data Editor |
| egen | Extensions to generate |
| encode | Encode string into numeric and vice versa |
| erase | Erase a disk file |
| expand | Duplicate observations |
| expandcl | Duplicate clustered observations |
| export | Overview of exporting data from Stata |
| filefilter | Convert text or binary patterns in a file |
| fillin | Rectangularize dataset |
| format | Set variables' output format |
| functions | Functions |
| generate | Create or change contents of variable |
| gsort | Ascending and descending sort |
| hexdump | Display hexadecimal report on file |
| icd9 | ICD-9-CM diagnostic and procedure codes |
| import | Overview of importing data into Stata |
| import excel | Import and export Excel files |
| import sasxport | Import and export datasets in SAS XPORT format |
| infile (fixed format) | Read text data in fixed format with a dictionary |
| infile (free format) | Read unformatted text data |
| infix (fixed format) | Read text data in fixed format |
| input | Enter data from keyboard |
| insheet | Read text data created by a spreadsheet |
| inspect | Display simple summary of data's attributes |
| ipolate | Linearly interpolate (extrapolate) values |
| isid | Check for unique identifiers |
| joinby | Form all pairwise combinations within groups |
| label | Manipulate labels |
| label language | Labels for variables and values in multiple languages |
| labelbook | Label utilities |
| list | List values of variables |
| lookfor | Search for string in variable names and labels |
| memory | Memory management |
| merge (pdf) | Merge datasets |
| missing values | Quick reference for missing values |
| mkdir | Create directory |
| mvencode | Change missing values to numeric values and vice versa |
| notes | Place notes in data |
| obs | Increase the number of observations in a dataset |
| odbc | Load, write, or view data from ODBC sources |
| order | Reorder variables in dataset |
| outfile | Export dataset in text format |
| outsheet | Write spreadsheet-style dataset |
| pctile | Create variable containing percentiles |
| putmata | Put Stata variables into Mata and vice versa |
| range | Generate numerical range |
| recast | Change storage type of variable |
| recode | Recode categorical variable |
| rename | Rename variable |
| rename group | Rename groups of variables |
| reshape (pdf) | Convert data from wide to long form and vice versa |
| rmdir | Remove directory |
| sample | Draw random sample |
| save | Save Stata datasets |
| separate | Create separate variables |
| shell | Temporarily invoke operating system |
| snapshot | Save and restore data snapshots |
| sort | Sort data |
| split | Split string variables into parts |
| stack | Stack data |
| statsby | Collect statistics for a command across a by list |
| sysuse | Use shipped dataset |
| type | Display contents of a file |
| use | Use Stata dataset |
| varmanage | Manage variable labels, formats, and other properties |
| webuse | Use dataset from Stata web site |
| xmlsave | Save and use observations in XML format |
| xpose | Interchange observations and variables |
| zipfile | Compress and uncompress files and directories in zip archive format |
| Subject and author index (pdf) | |
