We will reference these tabs throughout the manual

Steps for Importing a File

1. Interface of STATA

• Command: this is where you type your commands for running your program
• Review: the commands typed will be listed in this window
• Output: the largest window in the center is where all the results will be displayed
• Variables: this window lists variables in your dataset
• Properties: displays properties of your variables stored

2. Other useful windows

• Data Editor: Window -> Data Editor (or click on red button), this is where you can see the data frame you stored
• Do-File Editor: Variables -> Do-File Editor (or click on blue button), this is where you can store the commands for future reference
• Variables Manager: Window -> Variables Manager (or click on green button), this is where you can edit your variables manually

3. File -> Change Working Directory: choose the location on your computer to retrieve the data
4. File -> Import -> Text Data
5. Now you can start your analysis. In the picture above, we chose a dataframe of height vs weight. 

Steps for Creating a Scatterplot:

1. Input: graph twoway scatter y_variable, x_variable. In our example, we plotted y= weight, x=height
2. Output displayed in the Graph window

Steps for Computing Summary Statistics

1. Input: summarize variable_name. In our example, we summarized the variable weight
2. Output displayed in the Output window

Steps for Fitting a Regression Model: 

1. Input: regress y_variable x_variable. In our example, y= weight, x=height
2. Output displayed in the Output window

For additional help:

• Typing help followed by topic or command, e.g. help summarize
• Help Tab has many functionalities