statacm2.txt


Selected STATA Commands for Regression Analysis


* Stata online help

lookup   frequencies          	(topic)
help     tabulate             	(stata command)
space, enter, q keys		(at --more-- prompt)


* Session Preliminaries

log  using  a:97021901.log
dir a:
	

* Load a previously prepared Stata-format dataset into memory 

use norc1.dta
describe
summarize


* Examine bivariate relationships

correlate			(casewise deletion)
pwcorr , obs 			(pairwise deletion)

graph rincom91 educ
graph rincom91 educ , jitter(7)


* Simple and multiple regression

regress rincom91 educ age prestg80

predict predinc

graph rincom91 predinc , jitter(5)
graph errinc age , jitter(9)


* End session

save
log close
exit, clear