Stata Tips provides concise and insightful notes about commands, features, and tricks that will help you obtain a deeper understanding of Stata.
The book comprises the contributions of the Stata community that have appeared in the Stata Journal since 2003. Each tip is a brief article that provides practical advice on using Stata. With tips covering a breadth of topics in statistics, graphics, data management, and programming, both new and experienced Stata users are sure to find tips that will be useful in their research.
Stata Tips provides concise and insightful notes about commands, features, and tricks that will help you obtain a deeper understanding of Stata. The book comprises the contributions of the Stata community that have appeared in the Stata Journal since 2003.
Introducing Stata tips Stata tip 1: The eform() option of regress, R.
Newson Stata tip 2: Building with floors and ceilings, N. J. Cox Stata tip 3:
How to be assertive, W. Gould Stata tip 4: Using display as an online
calculator, P. Ryan Stata tip 5: Ensuring programs preserve dataset order, R.
Newson Stata tip 6: Inserting awkward characters in the plot, N. J. Cox Stata
tip 7: Copying and pasting under Windows, S. Driver and P. Royston Stata tip
8: Splitting time-span records with categorical time-varying covariates, B.
Jann Stata tip 9: Following special sequences, N. J. Cox Stata tip 10: Fine
control of axis title positions, P. Ryan and N. Winter Stata tip 11: The
nolog option with maximum-likelihood modeling commands, P. Royston Stata tip
12: Tuning the plot region aspect ratio, N. J. Cox Stata tip 13: generate and
replace use the current sort order, R. Newson Stata tip 14: Using value
labels in expressions, K. Higbee Stata tip 15: Function graphs on the fly, N.
J. Cox Stata tip 16: Using input to generate variables, U. Kohler Stata tip
17: Filling in the gaps, N. J. Cox Stata tip 18: Making keys functional, S.
Driver Stata tip 19: A way to leaner, faster graphs, P. Royston Stata tip 20:
Generating histogram bin variables, D. A. Harrison Stata tip 21: The arrows
of outrageous fortune, N. J. Cox Stata tip 22: Variable name abbreviation, P.
Ryan Stata tip 23: Regaining control over axis ranges, N. Winter Stata tip
24: Axis labels on two or more levels, N. J. Cox Stata tip 25: Sequence index
plots, U. Kohler and C. Brzinsky-Fay Stata tip 26: Maximizing compatibility
between Macintosh and Windows, M. S. Hanson Stata tip 27: Classifying data
points on scatter plots, N. J. Cox Stata tip 28: Precise control of dataset
sort order, P. Schumm Stata tip 29: For all times and all places, C. H.
Franklin Stata tip 30: May the source be with you, N. J. Cox Stata tip 31:
Scalar or variable? The problem of ambiguous names, G. I. Kolev Stata tip 32:
Do not stop, S. P. Jenkins Stata tip 33: Sweet sixteen: Hexadecimal formats
and precision problems, N. J. Cox Stata tip 34: Tabulation by listing, D. A.
Harrison Stata tip 35: Detecting whether data have changed, W. Gould Stata
tip 36: Which observations?, N. J. Cox Stata tip 37: And the last shall be
first, C. F. Baum Stata tip 38: Testing for groupwise heteroskedasticity, C.
F. Baum Stata tip 39: In a list or out? In a range or out?, N. J. Cox Stata
tip 40: Taking care of business, C. F. Baum Stata tip 41: Monitoring loop
iterations, D. A. Harrison Stata tip 42: The overlay problem: Offset for
clarity, J. Cui Stata tip 43: Remainders, selections, sequences, extractions:
Uses of the modulus, N. J. Cox Stata tip 44: Get a handle on your sample, B.
Jann Stata tip 45: Getting those data into shape, C. F. Baum and N. J. Cox
Stata tip 46: Step we gaily, on we go, R. Williams Stata tip 47:
Quantilequantile plots without programming, N. J. Cox Stata tip 48: Discrete
uses for uniform(), M. L. Buis Stata tip 49: Range frame plots, S. Merryman
Stata tip 50: Efficient use of summarize, N. J. Cox Stata tip 51: Events in
intervals, N. J. Cox Stata tip 52: Generating composite categorical
variables, N. J. Cox Stata tip 53: Where did my p-values go?, M. L. Buis
Stata tip 54: Post your results, P. Van Kerm Stata tip 55: Better axis
labeling for time points and time intervals, N. J. Cox Stata tip 56: Writing
parameterized text files, R. Gini Stata tip 57: How to reinstall Stata, W.
Gould Stata tip 58: nl is not just for nonlinear models, B. P. Poi Stata tip
59: Plotting on any transformed scale, N. J. Cox Stata tip 60: Making fast
and easy changes to files with filefilter, A. R. Riley Stata tip 61: Decimal
commas in results output and data input, N. J. Cox Stata tip 62: Plotting on
reversed scales, N. J. Cox and N. L. M. Barlow Stata tip 63: Modeling
proportions, C. F. Baum Stata tip 64: Cleaning up user-entered string
variables, J. Herrin and E. Poen Stata tip 65: Beware the backstabbing
backslash, N. J. Cox Stata tip 66: dsA hidden gem, M. Weiss Stata tip 67:
J() now has greater replicating powers, N. J. Cox Stata tip 68: Week
assumptions, N. J. Cox Stata tip 69: Producing log files based on successful
interactive commands, A. R. Riley Stata tip 70: Beware the evaluating equal
sign, N. J. Cox Stata tip 71: The problem of split identity, or how to group
dyads, N. J. Cox Stata tip 72: Using the Graph Recorder to create a
pseudograph scheme, K. Crow Stata tip 73: append with care!, C. F. Baum Stata
tip 74: firstonly, a new option for tab2, R. G. Gutierrez and P. A.
Lachenbruch Stata tip 75: Setting up Stata for a presentation, K. Crow Stata
tip 76: Separating seasonal time series, N. J. Cox Stata tip 77: (Re)using
macros in multiple do-files, J. Herrin Stata tip 78: Going gray gracefully:
Highlighting subsets and downplaying substrates, N. J. Cox Stata tip 79:
Optional arguments to options, N. J. Cox Stata tip 80: Constructing a group
variable with specified group sizes, M. Weiss Stata tip 81: A table of
graphs, M. L. Buis and M. Weiss Stata tip 82: Grounds for grids on graphs, N.
J. Cox Stata tip 83: Merging multilingual datasets, D. L. Golbe Stata tip 84:
Summing missings, N. J. Cox Stata tip 85: Looping over nonintegers, N. J. Cox
Stata tip 86: The missing() function, B. Rising Stata tip 87: Interpretation
of interactions in nonlinear models, M. L. Buis Stata tip 88: Efficiently
evaluating elastics with the margins command, C. F. Baum Stata tip 89:
Estimating means and percentiles following multiple imputation, P. A.
Lachenbruch Stata tip 90: Displaying partial results, M. Weiss Stata tip 91:
Putting unabbreviated varlists into local macros, N. J. Cox Stata tip 92:
Manual implementation of permutations and bootstraps, L. Ćngquist Stata tip
93: Handling multiple y axes on twoway graphs, V. Wiggins Stata tip 94:
Manipulation of prediction parameters for parametric survival regression
models, T. Boswell and R. G. Gutierrez Stata tip 95: Estimation of error
covariances in a linear model, N. J. Horton Stata tip 96: Cube roots, N. J.
Cox Stata tip 97: Getting at 's and 's, M. L. Buis Stata tip 98: Counting
substrings within strings, N. J. Cox Stata tip 99: Taking extra care with
encode, C. Schechter Stata tip 100: Mata and the case of the missing macros,
W. Gould and N. J. Cox Stata tip 101: Previous but different, N. J. Cox Stata
tip 102: Highlighting specific bars, N. J. Cox Stata tip 103: Expressing
confidence with gradations, U. Kohler and S. Eckman Stata tip 104: Added text
and title options, N. J. Cox Stata tip 105: Daily dates with missing days, S.
J. Samuels and N. J. Cox Stata tip 106: With or without reference, M. L. Buis
Stata tip 107: The baseline is now reported, M. L. Buis Stata tip 108: On
adding and constraining, M. L. Buis Stata tip 109: How to combine variables
with missing values, P. A. Lachenbruch Stata tip 110: How to get the optimal
k-means cluster solution, A. Makles Stata tip 111: More on working with
weeks, N. J. Cox Stata tip 112: Where did my p-values go? (Part 2), M. L.
Buis Stata tip 113: Changing a variable's format: What it does and does not
mean, N. J. Cox Stata tip 114: Expand paired dates to pairs of dates, N. J.
Cox Stata tip 115: How to properly estimate the multinomial probit model with
heteroskedastic errors, M. Herrmann Stata tip 116: Where did my p-values go?
(Part 3), M. L. Buis Stata tip 117: graph combineCombining graphs, L.
Ćngquist Stata tip 118: Orthogonalizing powered and product terms using
residual centering, C. Sauer Stata tip 119: Expanding datasets for graphical
ends, N. J. Cox Introducing Stata tips Stata tip 120: Certifying subroutines,
M. L. Buis Stata tip 121: Box plots side by side, N. J. Cox Stata tip 122:
Variable bar widths in two-way graphs, B. Jann Stata tip 123: Spell
boundaries, N. J. Cox Stata tip 124: Passing temporary variables to
subprograms, M. L. Buis Stata tip 125: Binned residual plots for assessing
the fit of regression models for binary outcomes, J. Kasza Stata tip 126:
Handling irregularly spaced high-frequency transactions data, C. F. Baum and
S. Bibo Stata tip 127: Use capture noisily groups, R. B. Newson Stata tip
128: Marginal effects in log-transformed models: A trade application, L. J.
Uberti Stata tip 129: Efficiently processing textual data with Statas new
Unicode features, A. Koplenig Stata tip 130: 106610 and all that: Date
variables that need to be fixed., N. J. Cox Stata tip 131: Custom legends for
graphs that use translucency, T. P. Morris Stata tip 132: Tiny tricks and
tips on ticks, N. J. Cox and V. Wiggins Stata tip 133: Box plots that show
median and quartiles only, N. J. Cox Stata tip 134: Multiplicative and
marginal interaction effects in nonlinear models, W. H. Dow, E. C. Norton,
and J. T. Donahoe Stata tip 135: Leaps and bounds, M. L. Buis Stata tip 136:
Between-group comparisons in a scatterplot with weighted markers, A. Musau
Stata tip 137: Interpreting constraints on slopes of rank-deficient design
matrices, D. Christodoulou Stata tip 138: Local macros have local scope, N.
J. Cox Stata tip 139: The by() option of graph can work better than graph
combine, N. J. Cox Stata tip 140: Shorter or fewer category labels with graph
bar, N. J. Cox Stata tip 141: Adding marginal spike histograms to quantile
and cumulative distribution plots, N. J. Cox Stata tip 142: joinby is the
real merge m:m, D. Mazrekaj and J. Wursten Stata tip 143: Creating donut
charts in Stata, A. Musau Stata tip 144: Adding variable text to graphs that
use a by() option, N. J. Cox Stata tip 145: Numbering weeks within months, N.
J. Cox Stata tip 146: Using margins after a Poisson regression model to
estimate the number of events prevented by an intervention, M. Falcaro, R. B.
Newson, and P. Sasieni Erratum: Stata tip 145: Numbering weeks within months,
N. J. Cox Stata tip 147: Porting downloaded packages between machines, R. B.
Newson Stata tip 148: Searching for words within strings, N. J. Cox Stata tip
149: Weighted estimation of fixed-effects and first-differences models, J.
Gardner Stata tip 150: When is it appropriate to xtset a panel dataset with
panelvar only? C. Lazzaro Stata tip 151: Puzzling out some logical operators,
N. J. Cox Stata tip 152: if and if: When to use the if qualifier and when to
use the if command, N. J. Cox and C. B. Schechter
Nicholas Cox is a statistically minded geographer at Durham University. He contributes talks, postings, FAQ, and programs to the Stata user community. He has also coauthored 16 commands in official Stata. He was an author of several inserts in the Stata Technical Bulletin and is Editor-at-Large of the Stata Journal.
