Fifth North American Stata Users Group meeting

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Dates: Monday and Tuesday, July 24–25, 2006 Organizers: Kit Baum, baum@bc.edu Elizabeth Allred, lizard@hsph.harvard.edu Rich Goldstein, richgold@ix.netcom.com Venue: Longwood Galleria Conference Center 342 Longwood Ave. Boston, MA 02115-5745 Cost:   Price Student price Day 1: Users Group meeting $85 $35 Day 2: Invited presentations $100 $35 Both days: Users Group meeting and Invited presentations $150 $55 Day 1: Optional dinner (additional cost) at The Elephant Walk (French and Cambodian cuisine) $35 $35 Register now (Deadline: July 17, 2006)

Program announced

The fifth North American Stata Users Group meeting will be held on July 24–25, 2006, 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 Kit Baum. The second day is being organized by StataCorp and will include several presentations, some by researchers and others by StataCorp staff. Details about accommodations and fees are available below.

Previous Stata Users Group meetings have been held in Boston (2001, 2003, 2004, 2005), Australia, Britain, Ireland, Italy, Spain, Germany, Sweden, 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.

For information about registration, see the registration form. Registration must be received by July 17, 2006. The conference fee is waived for presenters. If you have questions, contact the organizers.

Program Day 1: Monday, July 24 8:30–9:45    Weak instruments: An overview and new techniques Austin Nichols Urban Institute How to do xtabond2 David Roodman Center for Global Development Time-series filtering techniques in Stata Kit Baum Boston College and RePEc 9:45–10:15    Break   10:15–11:30    Towards self-contained data: Attaching validation routines to variables William Rising Mathematics Department, Bellarmine University Managing edit checks and database cleaning with Stata Jacqueline L. Buros Perfuse Laboratories and Data Coordinating Center A diff command for use with data files Philip Schumm Department of Health Studies, University of Chicago 11:30–1:00    Lunch   1:00–2:00    Tools for estimation of grouped conditional logit models Paulo Guimarães Medical University of South Carolina A simulation-based sensitivity analysis for matching estimators Tommaso Nannicini Department of Economics, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid 2:00–2:30    Break   2:30–4:00    Using the Bayesian information criterion (BIC) to judge models and statistical significance Paul Millar University of Calgary Graphs for all seasons Nicholas J. Cox Geography Department, Durham University Confirmatory factor analysis in Stata Stas Kolenikov University of Missouri 4:00–4:15    Break   4:15–5:30    Report to Users/Wishes and grumbles Roberto Gutierrez StataCorp LP Day 2: Tuesday, July 25 8:30–9:45    Matching methods for estimating treatment effects using Stata Guido W. Imbens Department of Economics, Harvard University   9:45–10:15    Break   10:15–11:30    Econometric analysis of time-series data using Stata David M. Drukker Director of Econometrics, StataCorp   11:30– 1:00    Lunch   1:00–2:15    Group comparisons and other issues in interpreting models for categorical outcomes using Stata J. Scott Long Department of Sociology, Indiana University   2:15–2:45    Break   2:45–4:00    Estimation and interpretation of measures of inequality, poverty, and social welfare using Stata Stephen P. Jenkins Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex

Accommodations and registration

The North American Users Group meeting will be held on July 24–25, 2006, at Longwood Galleria Conference Center 342 Longwood Ave. Boston, MA 02115-5745 A block of rooms has been reserved for StataCorp at the Best Western Inn at Longwood for July 23–25, 2006. The discounted group rate is $159.00 per night. Tax is 12.45% for 1–4 people. The last day to make a reservation at the discounted rate is June 30, 2006. To reserve a room, call Best Western Inn at Longwood direct and ask for in-house reservations. Please refer to StataCorp Fifth North American Stata Users Group meeting. Hotel details: Best Western Boston Inn at Longwood 342 Longwood Ave., Boston, MA 02115-5745 Main phone number: 617-731-4700 or 800-468-2378 Fax number: 617-731-4870 Check in time: 3 PM Check out time: Noon Parking: $16.00 per day until noon on day of departure Smoke free hotel www.innatlongwood.com Special needs: If you have any special needs (vegetarian, handicapped, etc.), please contact Chris Farrar, cfarrar@stata.com, or Gretchen Farrar, gfarrar@stata.com.

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