Stata Help

Stata Command Cheat Sheet

Click on a command to go to its help page. The tables below are grouped by type of command and then alphabetically.

Get Help

Command	Function
`help [command]`	brings up the official helpfile for a specified command
`findit [anything]`	searches all of Stata's on and offline help databases for the search term

Run Analyses

Command	Function	Sample Syntax
anova	runs an ANOVA or ANCOVA	`anova [dependent variable] [independent variables]` `anova [dep var] [indep var], cont([continuous variables])`
chitesti	runs a chi-square for goodness of fit	`chitesti [observed numbers] \ [expected numbers]`
manova	runs a MANOVA	`manova [dep vars] = [indep vars]`
oneway	runs a one-way ANOVA	`oneway [dep var] [indep var]`
ranksum	runs a Mann-Whitney U test	`ranksum [dep var], by([grouping var])`
regress	runs a regression	`regress [dep var] [indep vars]`
tab, chi2	runs a chi-square for independence	`tab [row variable] [column variable], chi2`
ttest	runs a t-test	`ttest [var]==testvalue` (single) `ttest [var1]==[var2]` (dependent) `ttest [dep var], by([group var])`

Enter, View & Describe Data

Command	Function	Sample Syntax
browse	opens the Data Browser	`browse` (can specify individual variables to browse if wanted)
edit	opens the Data Editor	`edit` (can specify individual variables if wanted)
input	causes Stata to accept data entry via the Command window, line by line	`input [desired variable names]` (create new variables and input them) `input` (use no arguments to pick up where you left off)
summarize	displays basic descriptives	`summ` (specify individual variables if desired)
tabstat	summary statistics in a table	`tabstat [row var] [column var], statistics([your desired statistics here])` (see `help tabstat` for a list of available statistics)