Using Stata Effectively: Data Management, Analysis, and Graphics Fundamentals

Description

Become intimately familiar with all three components of Stata: data management, analysis, and graphics. This two-day course is aimed at both new Stata users and those who wish to learn techniques for efficient day-to-day usage of Stata. Upon completion of the course, you will be able to use Stata efficiently for basic analyses and graphics. You will be able to do this in a reproducible manner, making collaborative changes and follow-up analyses much simpler. Finally, you will be able to make your datasets self-explanatory to your co-workers and your future self. Enroll now.

Course topics

• Stata basics
• Keeping organized
• Knowing how Stata treats data
• Using dialog boxes efficiently
• Using the Command window
• Saving time and effort while working
• Data management
• Reading in datasets of various standard formats (such as those from spreadsheets or databases)
• Labeling variables and setting up encoded variables
• Generating new variables in an efficient fashion, including leading, lagging, generating statistics within groups, and working across variables
• Combining datasets by adding observations and by adding variables
• Reshaping datasets for repeated measurements
• Work flow
• Using both menus and the Command window to work quickly
• Setting up Stata to one’s liking
• Keeping complete records of what is done inside Stata
• Creating reproducible analyses, which are completely documented
• Finding, installing, and removing user-written extensions to Stata
• Customizing how Stata starts up and where it looks for files
• Analysis
• Using basic statistical commands
• Reusing results of Stata commands, both estimation and other
• Using common postestimation commands, such as testing hypotheses about linear or nonlinear combinations of coefficients, generating fitted values, or looking at marginal effects
• Graphics
• Making common, simple graphs
• Building up complex graphs
• Using the Graph Editor

The above lists are not exhaustive. They are meant to give an idea of the level and scope of each topic.

Prerequisites

• Basic computer skills
• The course is taught using Stata 10. It is appropriate for those who already own Stata 10 and for those who are considering purchasing or upgrading to Stata 10. There is no requirement that the user already own a Stata license.

Next session

The next session will be held August 21–22, in New York City at the MicroTek computer training center. Other locations and dates can be found here. The price is $950 per person. Enroll now.

Notes

The enrollment deadline is August 14, 2008. Enrollment is limited to 24 participants. Computers with Stata 10 installed are provided at all public training sessions. A continental breakfast, lunch, and an afternoon snack will also be provided. All training courses run from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. each day. All participants are encouraged to bring a USB flash drive to all public training sessions; this is the safest and simplest way to save your work from the session.