On-site Training

Advanced Stata Programming

Description

This 1-day course will demonstrate ways to program new commands in Stata, from simple procedural commands to more complex estimation commands.

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Course topics

• Extending Stata
  • From do-files to ado-files
  • Background for ado-files
  • Writing an ado-file
  • Working with the syntax command
  • Documenting a new command
  • Writing your own help file
  • Sharing programs and data
• Subroutines
  • Programs in Stata
  • Creating new commands
  • Returning values from programs
  • Adding features
  • Cleaning up
  • Testing
  • Debugging
  • Learning from Stata
• Programming Estimation Commands
  • Programming your own estimation command
  • Basic linear regression
  • Standardizing and returning results
  • Certification
  • Postestimation commands
• Using Mata in Programs
  • What is Mata?
  • Examples of using Mata with maximum likelihood
  • Linear regression using Mata
  • Programming a generalized linear model
  • Additional features

Prerequisite

• A working knowledge of Stata and basic programming skills

Notes

This is a 1-day course. All training courses generally run for 8 hours per day and include morning and afternoon breaks and a lunch break. You can arrange a convenient schedule with your instructor and training coordinator.

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