Documentation and Tutorials for Statistical Software


Stata

  • Documentation
    • Print Manuals
      Release 10, published in 2007, was the last set of printed manuals Stata manuals.  A copy is available in the Data service within the DSSC.
      Lehman Reserves has additional copies of release 10 and/or release 9 (loan period is 2 hours). 
      Manuals for older releases are in Lehman stacks (loan period is your normal one).
      To find copies in CLIO; do a Guided Keyword search. Look for "Stata" in title and "Stata" in author.
    • Help Menu
      On CUIT workstations the most recent manuals can be accessed via the Stata Help Menu's search feature. To check the syntax of a command, do a "Command" search.
  • Tutorials
    There are no built-in tutorials with Stata.  Refer to Princeton's Online Stata Training.

 

SPSS

  • Documentation
    SPSS Inc. no longer publishes print documentation.
    The last issue was released in 1999 and is available in Data service within the DSSC.
  • Tutorials
    Use the Help Menu within SPSS on any CUIT/DSSC workstation.
    Select either Tutorial or Statistics Coach.
  • Online tutorials from Lynda.com

 

SAS

  • Documentation
    SAS Inc. does not publish print documentation.
    Use the Help Menu within SAS on any CUIT/DSSC workstation.
  • Tutorials
    Use the Help Menu within the SAS on any CUIT/DSSC workstation.
    Select Getting Started with SAS Software.


Statistical software is available on all the CUIT workstations and in Lehman Library's DSSC.  For assistance visit or contact the Data Service within the DSSC.