STATA is a small but powerful menu- and syntax-driven statistical package for managing, analyzing, graphing data, as well as for creating programs and macros. After attending the Introduction to STATA for Windows, you will be able to:

1. Open STATA software, set up the size of memory, and open an existing data set
2. Understand the layout and use of STATA's windows
3. Obtain descriptive statistics and frequency tables
4. Transform and manipulate variables using generate and recode
5. Create and edit graphs
6. Save and print output by using a log file