Stata Commands

Question 1

cd

Answer 1

set current directory (or “folder”) - this is where Stata looks for or saves data

Question 2

use

Answer 2

brings data into memory

Question 3

list

Answer 3

for looking at raw data - list displays the values of variables

Question 4

tabulate (tab)

Answer 4

produces different tables, depending on options

Question 5

summarize (sum)

Answer 5

calculates and returns a variety of univariate statistics (detail is important option with this cmd)

Question 6

tabstat

Answer 6

easy way to calculate statistics (esp measures of variability and central tendency) using Stata. Use statistics option.

Question 7

capture

Answer 7

allows cmds that follow to run despite presence of errors

Question 8

sort

Answer 8

Sort arranges the observations of a data set in ascending order based on the values of variables specified in the
varlist

Question 9

generate (gen)

Answer 9

used to create a new variable that will eventually be recoded

Question 10

replace

Answer 10

used along with gen in the recoding process, replaces the contents of an existing variable

Question 11

recode

Answer 11

changes the values of variables according to user-specified rules

Question 12

hist

Answer 12

creates a histogram

Question 13

bysort:

Answer 13

stratifies the output of various cmds into subgroups and sorts on the stratifying variable (e.g. bysort sex: sum tvhours)

Question 14

graph box

Answer 14

used to create a box plot

Question 15

graph export

Answer 15

saves graph just created

Question 16

set seed

Answer 16

specifies the initial value of the random-number seed, to get the same values, used when creating dummy data set

Question 17

twoway scatter

Answer 17

used to create a scatter plot