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Viewing raw data

Viewing raw data - Stata Tutorial

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Viewing raw data

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- [Voiceover] In this session we'll explore how to view and edit raw data. One important consideration is that unlike some other statistical programs such as Excel or SPSS, Stata doesn't offer a default view of the raw data. Therefore, if you wish to examine or edit raw data cells, we'll need to open the data editor. To do that, we'll introduce two commands: the Browse and Edit commands. They're actually the same thing, except that Edit allows you to edit data, whilst Browse only allows you to look at the data. So let's head over to Stata and use the auto-training data to explore how we can view the underlying data. So first of all, let's load up the auto-data by typing sysuse auto, clear. There we are, we've now loaded up the auto-training data. If we want to examine the raw data underneath this, we can call upon the Browse command, browse. This opens a new window which is the data editor window. You'll recognize the traditional spreadsheet layout with observations going down the…

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