Graphical User Interface

You can access all of Stata’s data management, statistical, and analysis features from the menus and associated dialogs. Select any feature from the Data, Graphics, or Statistics menu and fill in the resulting dialog. All features can be found in the menus, from generating a new variable to match-merges and reshaping datasets, from tabulations and summary statistics to negative binomial regression of a count outcome with survey data.

We displayed the dialog by clicking the Statistics menu, selecting Survey data analysis, selecting Count outcomes, and selecting Negative binomial regression.

Besides making Stata easier to use, the GUI allows you to discover features you never knew existed. Just to make it easier, there is a topical index built into the online help system.

Even command-line afficionados will find Stata’s GUI useful. The GUI makes commands you are using for the first time easier to learn by showing you the command and the proper syntax for the operation that you wish to perform.

Programmability

The same tools Stata uses to create its GUI are available to you as well. You can extend the GUI by creating your own dialogs and adding your own menus. The same code you write on your computer will work across Windows, Macintosh, and Unix.

New features

Learn about the latest features in the GUI section of New in Stata 10.