Applied Regression Models in the Social Sciences

This chapter is an introduction to Stata. We note the essential features and commands of the Stata statistical software package. Our objective is to familiarize the reader with the skills that will allow them to understand and complete the examples in the later chapters of our book. We describe the main components of the interface, followed by those of each Stata file option, e.g., do file, log file, and graphs. The third section of this chapter gives examples that readers can use to practice the most commonly used commands. Last, we summarize best practices for data management.