Stata Technical Bulletin
STB-8
an1.1 STB categories and insert codes
Inserts in the STB are presently categorized as follows:
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an |
announcements |
ip |
instruction on programming |
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cc |
communications & letters |
os |
operating system, hardware, & |
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dm |
data management |
interprogram communication | |
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dt |
data sets |
qs |
questions and suggestions |
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gr |
graphics |
tt |
teaching |
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in |
instruction |
zz |
not elsewhere classified |
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Statistical Categories: | |||
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sbe |
biostatistics & epidemiology |
srd |
robust methods & statistical diagnostics |
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sed |
exploratory data analysis |
ssa |
survival analysis |
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sg |
general statistics |
ssi |
simulation & random numbers |
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smv |
multivariate analysis |
sss |
social science & psychometrics |
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snp |
nonparametric methods |
sts |
time-series, econometrics |
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sqc |
quality control |
sxd |
experimental design |
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sqv |
analysis of qualitative variables |
szz |
not elsewhere classified |
In addition, we have granted one other prefix, crc, to the manufacturers of Stata for their exclusive use.
an20 Stata U.K. distributor
Charles Fox, CRC, FAX 310-393-7551
Timberlake Clark, Ltd., distributor of Stata in the United Kingdom, has changed its name to Timberlake Consultants and
moved from Greenwich to West Wickham. The new address, telephone, and fax numbers are
Timberlake Consultants
47 Hartfield Crescent
West Wickham
Kent BR4 9DW U.K.
Telephone: 44-81-462-0495
Fax: 44-81-462-0493
Please contact them if you would like to be placed on their mailing list.
an21 Stata for the Apple Macintosh
Ted Anderson, CRC, FAX 310-393-7551
Since the release of Stata 3.0, we have been busy porting Stata to new platforms. Among those new ports, Stata for the
Apple Macintosh should be released in September. In the meantime, STB subscribers can obtain Beta-test copies by contacting
Pat Branton at CRC.
Pricing will be the same as for the DOS version of Stata and, as with the DOS version, there will be two flavors—regular
and Intercooled. Capabilities will be identical to the corresponding DOS versions—the regular version will estimate models of
up to 38 right-hand-side variables and allow up to 255 variables and 32,754 observations in a data set. The Intercooled version
will allow up to 398 right-hand-side variables and up to 2,046 variables and a limited-only-by-memory number of observations
in a data set.
Both Macintosh versions will run under either Version 6 or Version 7 of the Macintosh operating system and, under Version
7, both support multitasking. The Intercooled version uses and so requires a math coprocessor, the regular version does not.
Stata/Macintosh will work on any Macintosh with a hard disk and at least 1 megabyte of free memory for the regular version
and 2 megabytes of free memory for the Intercooled version.
As with all ports, data sets are transferable to other environments, so data sets created on either the DOS or Unix versions
of Stata can be copied to a Mac and used without translation and vice-versa.
The Stata command language survives intact—if you know how to use Stata on any other platform, you already know how
to use Stata on the Mac. On the other hand, additions have been made for the experienced Mac user, such as allowing double
clicking on a data set icon to bring up Stata with the data loaded or typing ‘use *’ to pull up the standard Macintosh find-file
dialog box.
The Stata out-board utilities such as gphdot and gphpen are present but hidden, so graphs can be printed by double clicking
on the file icon and then following regular Macintosh features for printing a document.