Help Resources for R/SAS/SPSS/Stata

This page is a collection of links for help with using R, SAS, SPSS, and Stata. The guides are very "from-the-ground-up" and cover multiple topics, from the basics of getting data into the program to various common data-management tasks to introductory data analysis.

R Resources:

"An Introduction to the ‘R Commander’: A Basic-Statistics Graphical User Interface (GUI) for R," by Theresa A. Scott, Vanderbilt School of Medicine (.pdf)

"Quick-R - 'Accessing the Power of R'"

"r4stats.com," by Robert A. Muenchen, the University of Tennessee

"RStudio - A Free and Open Source Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for R"

"R for SAS and SPSS Users," by Robert A. Muenchen, the University of Tennessee (.pdf)

"Resources to Help You Learn and Use R," from UCLA's Academic Technology Services

SAS Resources:

"Documentation for SAS Products and Solutions," from the SAS Institute

"Knowledge Base / Samples and SAS Notes," from the SAS Institute

"Resources to Help You Learn and Use SAS," from UCLA's Academic Technology Services

"SAS Starter Kit," from UCLA's Academic Technology Services

"The SAS Portal," from UCLA's Academic Technology Services

"SAS Analyst for MS Windows," from the ITS at the University of Texas-Austin (.pdf)

"SAS I: Getting Started," from the ITS at the University of Texas-Austin (.pdf)

"SAS II: Inferential Statistics," from the ITS at the University of Texas-Austin (.pdf)

"Introduction to SAS Version 8.2," from the University of Virginia's ITC Division (via the Internet Archive)

"SAS: What You Need to Know to Write a SAS Program," from Columbia University Libraries' Digital Social Science Center

SPSS Resources:

"Resources to Help You Learn and Use SPSS," from UCLA's Academic Technology Services

"SPSS: Interactive Introduction to SPSS Statistical Software," from the Social Science Research and Instructional Center

"The SPSS Portal," from UCLA's Academic Technology Services

"SPSS for Windows: Getting Started," from the ITS at the University of Texas-Austin (.pdf)

"SPSS for Windows: Descriptive and Inferential Statistics," from the ITS at the University of Texas-Austin (.pdf)

"SPSS for Windows: Displaying Data," from the ITS at the University of Texas-Austin (.pdf)

"SPSS for Windows: Data Manipulation and Advanced Topics," from the ITS at the University of Texas-Austin (.pdf)

"Getting Started with SPSS for Windows," from Marcus Mahmood and Patrick Yott at the University of Virginia's Geostat Data Center (.pdf)

Tutorial for SPSS for Windows," from Jean McSween at the University of Virginia's Geostat Data Center (.pdf)

Stata Resources:

"Introduction to Stata," from Princeton University, Department of Economics

"Stata," from Princeton University, Office of Population Research

"Chapter 14: A Sample Session," from the Stata Corporation

"Frequently Asked Questions," from the Stata Corporation

"Resources for Learning Stata," from the Stata Corporation

"Resources to Help you Learn and Use Stata," from UCLA's Academic Technology Services

"Stata Topics: Graphics," from UCLA's Academic Technology Services

"The Stata Portal," from UCLA's Academic Technology Services

"A SAS User's Guide to Stata," from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business

"A Stata Tutorial," from the UNC Carolina Population Center