Helpful, Practical Stata Tips

While I take no side (or sides) in the proverbial "Stata v. SPSS v. R" wars (I use all three), I want to note Stata's recent venture into the Blog universe. Though it's far too early to see if the Stata blog will succeed, it's an interesting development nonetheless. A recent post provides a helpful step-by-step guide to one of the more common (yet error-prone) data tasks: merging data sets. The explanation is helpful and includes all too common pitfalls.