1. Installation – 2. Starting and exiting Satata – 3. Introducing Stata – sample session – 4. The Stata user interface – 5. Using the Viewer – 6. Getting Help – 7. Opening and saving Stata datasets – 8. Using the Data Editor – 9. Importing data – 10. Labeling Data – 11. Listing data and basic command syntax – 12. Creating new variables – 13. Deleting variables and observations – 14. Using the Do-file Editor – automating Stata – 15. Graphing data – 16. Editing graphs – 17. Saving and printing results by using logs – 18. Setting Font and window preferences – 19. Learning more about Stata – 20. Updating and extending Stata – Internet Functionality -