The first Australian and New Zealand Stata Users Group (ANZSUG) meeting was
a big success in Adelaide in 2004. We will hold the second ANZSUG in
Melbourne in September 2006. Stata users from all disciplines and
experience levels are invited to attend.
The meeting's goal is to bring together a wide range of users to discuss
statistical analysis, data management, and graphics using Stata. We
encourage speakers to present their experiences with the package, whether
using standard commands, writing new programs, or exploiting the graphics
facilities.
There will be a 1-day workshop on mixed models in Stata the day after the
second ANZSUG. The workshop will be a hands-on opportunity to learn about
mixed models (often called random-effects models) and their implementation
in Stata. The application of these models includes variance-components
analysis, longitudinal (panel) data analysis, and hierarchical
(multilevel) regression. The workshop will focus on continuous-scale
dependent variables but will also cover categorical dependent variables.
For more information or to register, visit http://www.monash.edu.au/cmo/stata-users/.
Submission guidelines
Please email your submissions to
Rory.Wolfe@med.monash.edu.au
before August 11. The program committee will notify authors by 18 August
whether they will be required to present at the meeting.
Please submit final abstracts for oral presentations at the second ANZSUG
meeting on September 20. The available slots for presentations will be 10 or
20 minutes followed by discussion (total presentation lengths of 15 and 30
minutes). We are open to offers (with rationale) of shorter or longer talks
or of different presentation formats. Because of time constraints, we cannot
accept all abstracts.
Presentations may be on any topic related to using Stata in research or
teaching in any field. Examples include the following:
- Using Stata for statistical analysis
- User-written Stata programs
- Importing and managing data in Stata
- Using Stata for graphics
- Teaching Stata
- Teaching statistics with Stata
- Using Stata in specific fields
Abstracts should be submitted to the appropriate
organizer, based on the topic of the abstract.
Abstracts should be no longer than 250 words with at most one reference.
Use ASCII text only. Indicate your preferred presentation style (oral or
your own format) and length (10 or 20 minutes).
You must electronically submit your presentation (slides)
to the organizing committee before the meeting.
