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Stata Starter Kit:  Frequently Asked Questions

If your question is not answered in the FAQs listed below, please see our main FAQ page.  That page contains all of these FAQs, as well as many more.

• Transferring data to/from Stata
  • How can I input a dataset quickly?
  • How do I read a data file that uses commas/tabs as delimeters?
  • How can I handle the No Room to Add Observations error?
• General Use and Data Management
  • How do I copy Stata output and Stata graphs into Word?
  • How can I handle the "no room to add more observations" error?
  • Why can't I save the contents of the results window?
  • Can I make the results window hold more results?
  •  How do I copy Stata output and Stata graphs into Word?
  • Can I quickly see how many missing values a variable has?
  • How can I see the number of missing values and patterns of missing values in my data file?
  • How can I see how many missing values a character variable has?
  • How can I convert a string variable to a numeric variable in Stata?
  • How can I quickly convert many string variables to numeric variables?
  • How can I quickly recode continuous variables into groups?
  • How do I standardize variables (make them have a mean of 0 and sd of 1)?
  • How can I list observations in blocks?
• General Statistics
  • How can I handle the matsize too small error?
  • How can I get descriptive statistics and the five number summary on one line?
• Regression
  • How can I do a scatterplot with regression line in Stata?
  • How can I create dummy variables in Stata?
  • How do I interpret odds ratios in logistic regression?
  • How does one do regression when the dependent variable is a proportion?
  • Can I make regression tables that look like those in journal articles?
  • How can I compare regression coefficients between 2 groups?
  • How can I compare regression coefficients across 3 (or more) groups?
• Analysis of Variance
  • How can I plot ANOVA cell means in Stata?
  • How can I do ANOVA contrasts in Stata?  
  • How can I do tests of simple main effects in Stata?
  • How can I check for homogeneity of variance in a factorial ANOVA design?
  • How can I test for nonadditivity in a randomized block ANOVA in Stata?
• Graphics
  • How can I graph two (or more) groups using different symbols?
  • How do I graph data with dates?
  • How can I make spaghetti plots in Stata?
  • How can I view/compare different marker symbol options?
  • How do I use version 7 graph commands in later versions Stata ?