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This page contains only historical information and is not about the current release of Stata. Please see our capabilities page for information on the current version of Stata.

What's new in Stata Release 8

Stata 8 is the most significant upgrade to Stata ever. Here are a few highlights of the new features of Stata 8. Learn more about all of Stata's facilities by visiting our capabilities section.

GUI
graphics
data management
Graphics
  • a whole new look
  • publication quality
  • more
Statistics
  • Vector autoregression (VAR), structural vector autoregression (SVAR), vector error-correction models (VECMs)
  • MANOVA, MANCOVA
  • Stochastic frontier models
  • Cox with group-level frailty
  • more
Data management
  • ODBC support with support for full SQL selection
  • 26 new missing value codes .a, .b, ..., .z
  • more
Programming features
  • Object-oriented programming
  • programmable GUI
  • more
GUI
  • find what you need in the menus
  • fill in the dialog
  • click OK, and the dialog will submit the command to Stata
  • you may use commands or GUI
Faster
  • 17 to 43% faster

Stata 11
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New in Stata 11
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Multiple imputation
Factor variables
Marginal analysis
GMM
Competing-risks regression
Fonts in graphics
PDF documentation
Variables Manager
Data Editor
Do-file Editor
State-space models
Dynamic-factor models
Multivariate GARCH models
Panel-data unit-root tests
Mata
Stata/MP
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Survival analysis
Panel data and mixed models
Multivariate methods
General statistics
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