When Stata programmers publish a package centred on programs and their help files, they often make test datasets available, but the best standard is to mark such files as ancillary and let users download them to a location of their own choice using net get. As said, this is a choice. The argument can be strengthened.
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Listed below are a number of Stata programs (ado files) and related materials which are freely available for download. These programs are also available from the SSC archives in Boston, and downloadable within Stata using the ssc command (type 'help ssc' inside Stata for more information). In addition, this site has some other materials not available from the SSC archives: some JEdit code and some materials for the -tabout- program, including a tutorial. There is also an article which illustrates how to do basic programming with matrices.
tabout : is a Stata user command to export publication quality cross-tabulations to a text file or to other applications, such as Word and Excel.
tabout version 3 is now available in beta. Version 3 is a major update to version 2 and was released in December 2016. Version 3 enhancements include:
~ New output styles: for Word and Excel
~ Table titles and footnotes
~ Dropping columns and reshaping of tables
~ Template files for ease of use
~ Easy creation of dynamic documents
tabout version 3 has a dedicated website: tabout.net.au where you can download the program and a comprehensive user guide.
tabout version 2 is still the 'official' release, available from the SSC Archives or from this site (below). This is version (2.0.8), and requires Stata 9.2
Download the ado file: tabout.ado
Download the help file: tabout.hlp
Download a detailed and comprehensive tutorial with examples of tables and the syntax to produce them: tabout_tutorial.pdf
Download an Stata example do file (for tab-delimited output): examples_tab.do
Download an Stata example do file (for LaTeX output): examples_tex.do