This page lists articles related to various programs for doing statistical analysis, as well as general information on working with statistical data.

Stata Basics

Stata for Researchers

1. Introduction
2. Usage and Syntax
3. Working With Data
4. Statistics
5. Working with Groups
6. Hierarchical Data
7. Combining Data Sets
8. Graphics
9. Do Files and Project Management
10. Learning More

Stata for Students

1. Using Stata
2. Basic Statistics, Regression and Graphs
   

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Stata Topics

Stata Programming Essentials
Stata Programming Tools
An Introduction to Stata Graphics
Multiple Imputation using ICE in Stata
An Introduction to Mata
Finding and Installing User-Written Stata Programs
Working with Dates in Stata
Exploring Regression Results using Margins
Using Stata Graphs in Documents
Including Calculated Results In Stata Graphs
Using Reshape to Manage Hierarchical Data
Bootstrapping in Stata
Speeding up Multiple Imputation in Stata using Parallel Processing
Making Predictions with Counter-Factual Data in Stata
Using STATA on Linux

SPSS

SPSS Statistics for Students: The Basics
PASW Statistics for Students: Statistics and Graphs
Running SPSS Jobs on Linux
SPSS Online Documentation
Using SPSS to Reformat Data Records from One to Several

SAS Basics

An Introduction to SAS Data Steps
Managing Output in SAS 9.3
Running SAS on Linux
Running Large SAS Jobs on Linstat
SAS Version 9 Online Documentation
SAS Workbook for Writing SAS Programs to Process Data on UNIX
Redirecting and Customizing Tabular Output in SAS

SAS Topics

A Simple Procedure for Producing Publication-Quality Graphs using SAS
Storing SAS Formats
Using SAS to Perform a Table Lookup
Constructing Indicator Variables with SAS
Converting a Code Book to a SAS FORMAT Library
Using SAS to Reformat Data Records from One to Several
Saving SAS Graphs For Printing or Other Uses
Using Compressed Data in SAS

Older SAS Topics

SAS Programming Efficiencies
Creating SAS Transport Files

R

Using R Packages on SSCC Computers
Installing R on Your Personal Computer

General Topics

Computing Resources at the SSCC
Using Stat/Transfer
Running Linux Programs Using Windows (Mostly)
Managing Jobs on Linstat
Working with Data Sets in ASCII Text Format
Programming in Color