3rd North American Stata Users Group meeting
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Monday, August 23, 2004
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User talks and presentations
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Tuesday, August 24, 2004
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Featured training courses
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Longwood Galleria Conference Center
342 Longwood Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts |
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| $85 (student $45) Register online |
| Cost is for both days and includes lunch and refreshments. |
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The third North American Stata Users Group meeting will be held
on August 23–24, 2004 in Boston, Massachusetts, at the Longwood Galleria
Conference Center.
The first day of the meeting, which will showcase user presentations, is being
organized by a committee chaired by Elizabeth Allred, Harvard School of Public
Health
(lizard@hsph.harvard.edu).
The second day features training courses on GLLAMM and Stata graphics and is
sponsored by StataCorp.
Previous Stata Users Group meetings have been held in Boston (2001 and 2003),
Britain, Ireland, Spain, Germany, and the Netherlands. Anyone interested in
Stata, regardless of level of expertise or geographic location, is invited to
attend. The meeting will include the ever-popular "wishes and grumbles"
session where users make comments and suggestions to StataCorp.
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(Click on the title to view the abstract and additional information.)
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Day 1 User talks and presentations
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Session 1: 8:30–9:45 Statistical Methods
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Use of Gaussian integration in Stata
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- Alan Feiveson, NASA — Johnson Space Center
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Generating random variables from the N/I distributions
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- Peter A. Lachenbruch, U.S. FDA
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Econometric techniques for estimating treatment effects
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- Zhehui Luo, Department of Epidemiology, Michigan State University
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Sample-size calculation for longitudinal studies
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- Phil Schumm, Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago
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| Break: 9:45–10:15 |
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Session 2: 10:15–11:45 Data Management Using Stata
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Using Stata for questionnaire development
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- Theodore Pollari & Phil Schumm, Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago
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Translating data between MySQL and Stata
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- Michael Johnson & Phil Schumm, Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago
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Working with ODBC data sources in Stata: tips and techniques
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- Joseph Coveney, Cobridge Co., Ltd., Tokyo
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Using Stata with large datasets in corporate America: lessons learned
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- Ed Bassin, ProfSoft, Inc.
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Session 3: 1:00–2:15 Stata Graphics
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Graphics for categories and compositions
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- Nicholas J. Cox, Department of Geography, Durham University, UK
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Metagraphiti by Stata: Visuographical exploration and presentation of meta-analytic data using Stata
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- Ben Dwamena, University of Michigan Medical School
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Density-distribution sunflower plots in Stata 8
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- William D. Dupont, Department of Biostatistics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
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| Break: 2:15–2:40 |
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Session 4: 2:40–4:00 Data Analysis Using Stata
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Replication methods for complex survey analysis in Stata
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- Nicholas Winter, Department of Government, Cornell University
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Rolling regressions with Stata
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- Kit Baum, Department of Economics, Boston College and RePEc
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Implementation of quasi-least squares using xtgee in Stata
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- Justine Shults, Department of Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania
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To help others in teaching statistics using the Stata software
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- Susan Hailpern, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
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Sensitivity analysis on traffic crash prediction models by using Stata
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- Deo Chimba, Department of Civil Engineering, Florida State University
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Session 5: 4:15–5:30 StataCorp on Stata
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Report to users/Wishes and grumbles
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- William Gould, StataCorp
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Optional dinner: 7:00 (Chinatown Seafood, $35.00)
Day 2 Featured training courses
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Training course 1: 8:30–12:00 (includes 30-minute break)
Generalized linear latent and mixed models
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Presented by Sophia Rabe-Hesketh, University of California,
Berkeley, and Anders Skrondal, Division of Epidemiology,
Norwegian Institute of Public Health;
authors of
Generalized
Latent Variable Modeling: Multilevel, Longitudinal, and Structural
Equation Models (2004).
Lunch: 12:00–1:30 (Buffet lunch at conference center is included with
registration.)
Training course 2: 1:30–5:00 (includes 30-minute break)
Stata graphics
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Presented by Vince Wiggins, Vice President of Scientific Development,
StataCorp, and architect of Stata's graphics commands. This course
will cover in detail the basic commands and concepts for building
high-quality Stata graphs from scratch. You will learn new approaches
to creating graphs, including organizing and managing your data, and
creating custom schemes.
To see proceedings from previous Stata Users Group meetings, see
www.stata.com/meeting/proceedings.html.
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The cost to attend is $85 (students $45) for both days and includes lunch
and refreshments.
You can register online at
www.stata.com/support/meeting/3nasug/register.html
or by sending email to
stata@stata.com.
The North American Users Group meeting will be held on August 23–24, 2004
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Longwood Galleria Conference Center
342 Longwood Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Best Western Boston —
the Inn at Longwood Medical for August 21–24, 2004.
Please contact sales manager Jill Barry directly via phone, 617-532-6282, or email,
jbarry@innatlongwood.com. Note that the last
day to make reservations at the discounted rate was August 2, 2004;
however, Jill may still be able to assist you. Please check with the hotel
for their current room rates, and be sure to mention that you are with
the Stata Users Group meeting.
For more information, visit the hotel's website at
www.bestwestern.com/prop_22028
or Best Western's website at
www.bestwestern.com.
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