Stata 12 documentation

A Documentation Set consists of Base Reference Manual (4 volumes): Volume 1, A–F   (586 pages) Volume 2, G–M   (666 pages) Volume 3, N–R   (662 pages) Volume 4, S–Z   (465 pages) Data-Management Reference Manual   (636 pages) Graphics Reference Manual   (665 pages) Longitudinal-Data/Panel-Data Reference Manual   (570 pages) Mata Reference Manual   (923 pages) Multiple-Imputation Reference Manual   (365 pages) Multivariate Statistics Reference Manual   (687 pages) Programming Reference Manual   (486 pages) Structural Equation Modeling Reference Manual   (294 pages) Survey Data Reference Manual   (202 pages) Survival Analysis and Epidemiological Tables Reference Manual   (554 pages) Time-Series Reference Manual   (717 pages) User's Guide   (389 pages) Quick Reference and Index   (189 pages) Getting Started with Stata for Mac   (140 pages) Getting Started with Stata for Unix   (148 pages) Getting Started with Stata for Windows   (144 pages)

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• graph intro— Introduction to graphics
• merge—Merge datasets
• regress — Linear regression

Cross-referencing

These manuals all cross-reference each other. All the manuals in the Stata documentation have a shorthand notation, such as [U] for the User's Guide and [R] for the Base Reference Manual.

The complete list of shorthand notations and manuals is as follows:

Notation	Manual
[R]	Base Reference Manual
[D]	Data-Management Reference Manual
[G]	Graphics Reference Manual
[XT]	Longitudinal-Data/Panel-Data Reference Manual
[M]	Mata Reference Manual
[MI]	Multiple-Imputation Reference Manual
[MV]	Multivariate Statistics Reference Manual
[P]	Programming Reference Manual
[SEM]	Structural Equation Modeling Reference Manual
[SVY]	Survey Data Reference Manual
[ST]	Survival Analysis and Epidemiological Tables Reference Manual
[TS]	Time-Series Reference Manual
[U]	User's Guide
[GSM]	Getting Started with Stata for Mac
[GSU]	Getting Started with Stata for Unix
[GSW]	Getting Started with Stata for Windows
[I]	Quick Reference and Index

Table of contents

Each manual has its own table of contents. The table of contents for the Base Reference Manual is located at the beginning of Volume 1.

Index

The Quick Reference and Index contains a combined index for all the manuals and a subject table of contents for all the manuals, except the Mata Reference Manual. It also contains quick-reference information on many subjects, such as estimation commands.