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[GSW]	Getting Started with Stata for Windows
[GSM]	Getting Started with Stata for Mac
[GSU]	Getting Started with Stata for Unix
[U]	User’s Guide
[R]	Base Reference Manual
[D]	Data Management Reference Manual
[G]	Graphics Reference Manual
[TABLES]	Customizable Tables and Collected Results Reference Manual
[RPT]	Reporting Reference Manual
[FN]	Functions Reference Manual

Subject-specific statistics reference manuals:

[ADAPT]	Adaptive Designs: Group Sequential Trials New
[BAYES]	Bayesian Analysis
[BMA]	Bayesian Model Averaging New
[CAUSAL]	Causal Inference and Treatment-Effects Estimation New title
[CM]	Choice Models
[DSGE]	Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium Models
[ERM]	Extended Regression Models
[FMM]	Finite Mixture Models
[IRT]	Item Response Theory
[LASSO]	Lasso
[XT]	Longitudinal-Data/Panel-Data
[META]	Meta-Analysis
[ME]	Multilevel Mixed-Effects
[MI]	Multiple-Imputation
[MV]	Multivariate Statistics
[PSS]	Power, Precision, and Sample-Size
[SP]	Spatial Autoregressive Models
[SEM]	Structural Equation Modeling
[SVY]	Survey Data
[ST]	Survival Analysis
[TS]	Time-Series

Programming reference manuals:

[P]	Programming
[M]	Mata Matrix Programming
[I]	Index

Accessing

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Table of contents

Each manual has its own table of contents. A combined subject table of contents contains the complete table of contents for all manuals and is divided into the following subjects:

• Getting started
• Data manipulation and management
• Utilities
• Graphics
• Statistics
• Matrix commands
• Programming
• Customizable tables and collections
• Automated document and report creation
• Interface features

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Navigating

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Citing

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See New in Stata 18 to learn about what was added in Stata 18.