A Short Introduction to Stata for Biostatistics

Authors: Michael Hills and Bianca L. De Stavola Publisher: Timberlake Consultants Copyright: 2009 ISBN-10: 0-9557076-4-1 ISBN-13: 978-0-9557076-4-3 Pages: 188; paperback Price: $52.00 See a large photo of the front cover See the back cover Table of contents Supplements: datasets and programs

Comment from the Stata technical group

A Short Introduction to Stata for Biostatistics bridges the information in the Getting Started manual and the Reference manuals by providing a more detailed introduction to the most often used analytic methods in biomedical research. Although it is written specifically for biostatisticians, epidemiologists, and health professionals new to Stata, the book is useful for more experienced users wanting more in-depth knowledge of both Stata commands and biostatistical issues. The book is hands on, intended to be used while working with Stata, and includes a CD-ROM containing the datasets and several author-written programs.

The first four chapters provide an overview of data entry and management commands, including those used to create, label, and drop variables and to sort observations. After two chapters on graphics, the bulk of the book details methods used in data description and analysis. Beginning with commands used to create frequency tables and summary statistics, the book proceeds to describe commands used for univariate and multivariate analyses, including linear regression, Poisson regression, logistic regression, and survival data analysis. Included among the final chapters is a useful tutorial for writing your own Stata programs.

New additions for Stata 11 include a section on competing-risks analysis, new chapters on report generation and on meta analysis, and a description of the factor-variable notation.

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