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StataCorp continually develops new features to enhance Stata software, from the latest statistical methods to the best in reporting and data visualization, while not forgetting improvements to the user interface. See what features we've added across releases.

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Stata 17

Stata 16

Stata 15

Stata 14

Stata 13

Stata 12

Stata 11

Stata 10

Stata 17

Tables
Bayesian econometrics: VAR, DSGE, IRF, dynamic forecasts, and panel-data models
Faster Stata
Difference-in-differences (DID) and DDD models
Interval-censored Cox model

PyStata—Python/Stata integration
Jupyter Notebook with Stata
Multivariate meta-analysis
Bayesian multilevel models: nonlinear, joint, SEM-like, and more
Treatment-effects lasso estimation

And many more »

Stata 16

Lasso
Truly reproducible reporting
Meta-analysis
Python integration
Bayesian analysis: multiple chains, Bayesian predictions, Gelman–Rubin convergence diagnostic

Choice models
Import from SAS and SPSS
Panel-data models for endogenous covariates, sample selection, and treatment
Nonparametric series regression
Multiple datasets in memory, Do-File Editor autocompletion and syntax highlighting, and Mac's Dark mode

And many more »

Stata 15

Extended regression models (ERMs)—models for endogenous covariates, sample selection, and treatment
Latent class analysis (LCA)
bayes prefix for Bayesian estimation
Markdown and dynamic documents
Linearized DSGE models

Finite mixture models
Spatial autoregressive models
Interval-censored parametric survival models
Nonlinear mixed-effects models
Create Word documents from Stata and use transparencies in Stata graphs

And many more »

Stata 14

Bayesian analysis
Item response theory (IRT)
Unicode
Treatment effects: survival outcomes, endogenous treatments, balance diagnostics
Integration with Excel

Multilevel survival models
SEM with survey data, Satorra–Bentler adjustments, and survival data
Multilevel models for survey data
Markov switching models
Power and sample size: contingency tables, Cochran–Mantel–Haenszel test, survival analysis, ...

And many more »

Stata 13

Treatment effects: IPW, PS matching, regression adjustment (RA), IPWRA, doubly-robust methods
Multilevel models for count, ordinal, categorical, and other outcomes
Forecasting
Panel-data models for ordinal and categorical outcomes
Long strings

Generalized SEM—SEM for binary, count, ordinal, and other outcomes; multilevel SEM
Power and sample size for tests of means, proportions, variances, correlations, ANOVA
Effect sizes
Models for censored continuous outcomes
Project manager

And many more »

Stata 12

Structural equation modeling (SEM)
Multiple imputation: chained equations, conditional imputation, imputation within groups
Contour plots
Excel import/export
ROC analysis

Contrasts
Pairwise comparisons
Margins plot
Multilevel models: residual covariance structures, robust SEs, weights
Unobserved components model (UCM)

And many more »

Stata 11

Multiple imputation: univariate imputation, multivariate imputation, Control Panel
Generalized method of moments (GMM)
Fonts in graphics: italic, bold, Greek letters
PDF documentation
Variables Manager

Factor variables
Marginal analysis
Competing-risks regression
State-space models
Dynamic-factor models

And many more »

Stata 10

Graph Editor
Exact logistic and exact Poisson regression
Linear models with endogenous regressors: GMM, LIML, and 2SLS estimation
Dynamic panel-data models
svy prefix supports 27 new estimators

Multilevel logistic and Poisson models
Power analysis for survival analysis: log-rank test, Cox model, exponential test
Multivariate analysis: discriminant analysis, multidimensional scaling, correspondence analysis
Choice models: random-utility nested logit, McFadden's choice model
Date and time variables

And many more »

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Stata highlights across releases

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Stata highlights across releases

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Stata 15

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