An Introduction to Stata for Health Researchers

Getting started
Installing and updating Stata
Starting and stopping Stata
Customizing Stata (Windows)
Windows in Stata
Issuing commands
Exercises
Managing output
Reusing commands
More exercises
Getting help-and more
The manuals
Online help
Other resources
Errors and error messages
Stata file types and names
Command syntax
General syntax rules
Syntax diagrams
Lists of variables and numbers
Qualifiers
Weights
Options
Prefixes
Other syntax elements
Variables
Types of variables
Numeric formats
Missing values
Storage types and precision
Date variables
String variables
Memory considerations
Getting data in and out of Stata
Opening and saving Stata data
Entering data
Reading ASCII data
Exchanging data with other programs
Documentation commands
Labels
Working with labels: an example
Calculations
generate and replace
Operators and functions in calculations
Extended functions: egen
Recoding variables
Numbering observations
Exercises
Commands affecting data structure
Safeguarding your data
Selecting observations and variables
Renaming and reordering variables
Sorting data
Combining files
Reshaping data
Description and simple analysis
Overview of a dataset
Listing observations
Simple tables for categorical variables
Analyzing continuous variables
Estimating confidence intervals
Immediate commands
Graphs
Anatomy of a graph
Anatomy of graph commands
Graph size
Schemes
Graph options: Axes
Graph options: Text elements
Plot options: Markers, lines, etc.
Graph examples
By-graphs and combined graphs
Saving, displaying, and printing graphs
Stratified analysis
Cohort data without censorings
Case-control data
Regression analysis
Linear regression
Logistic regression
Other regression models
Analyzing complex design data
Incidence, mortality, and survival
Incidence and mortality
Survival analysis
Cox regression
Reorganizing st data
Poisson regression
Standardization
Some advanced issues

Measurement and diagnosis
Reproducibility of measurements
Comparing methods of measurement
Using tests for diagnosis
Combining test results
Miscellaneous
Random samples, simulations
Sample size and study power
Other analyses
Advanced topics
Using saved results
Macros
Programs
Useful programming commands
Do-files and ado-files useful for handling output /
Taking good care of your data
The audit trail
Data collection
The codebook
Folders and filenames: the log book
Entering data
Inspecting and correcting your data
Modifying data
Analysis
Backing up and archiving
Protecting against abuse
Manuals and other good books
Stata manuals
Other books on Stata
Books using Stata
Advice on working with Windows
References
Author index
Subject index