R for Stata Users

Stata is the most flexible and extensible data analysis package available from a commercial vendor. R is a similarly flexible free and open source package for data analysis, with over 3,000 add-on packages available. This book shows you how to extend the power of Stata through the use of R. It introduces R using Stata terminology with which you are already familiar. It steps through more than 30 programs written in both languages, comparing and contrasting the two packages` different approaches. When finished, you will be able to use R in conjunction with Stata, or separately, to import data, manage and transform it, create publication quality graphics, and perform basic statistical analyses. A glossary defines over 50 R terms using Stata jargon and again using more formal R terminology. The table of contents and index allow you to find equivalent R functions by looking up Stata commands and vice versa. The example programs and practice datasets for both R and Stata are available for download. TOC:Introduction.- Installing and Updating R.- Running R.- Help and Documentation.- Programming Language Basics.- Data Acquisition.- Selecting Variables.- Selecting Observations.- Selecting Variables and Observations.- Data Management.- Enhancing Your Output.- Generating Data.- Managing Your Files and Workspace.- Graphics Overview.- Traditional Graphics.- Graphics with ggplot2.- Statistics.- Conclusion.