Stata will be offering sessions of NC-101 and NC-151 in a few weeks. The
courses begin on September 12th and runs for 6 weeks. The NetCourses are
taught on the Internet using a web-based system to deliver lectures, problem
sets, and solutions. Course participants and Stata course leaders interact
through a message board to discuss the course and to ask and answer questions.
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NC-101, Introduction to Stata
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NC-101 is of particular interest to new Stata users. Topics covered in NC-101
include
o getting started with Stata
o understanding the fundamentals of Stata syntax
o managing and organizing work and files
o searching for new commands, help, and other information
o installing new commands over the web
o managing data
o managing categorical variables
o handing groups with -by- processing
o reading various types of data into Stata
o match-merging and appending data
Here are the particulars for NC-101.
Title: Introduction to Stata
Start date: September 12th
Course length: 6 weeks
Course leaders: Allen McDowell, Derek Wagner and James Hassell
Cost: $95
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NC-151, Introduction to Stata programming
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The course focuses on how to use all of Stata's programming tools to
efficiently perform complex analysis. Some of the topics covered include
o organizing analysis
o handling complex datasets
o use of macros
o flow of control
o program arguments
o bootstrapping standard errors
o performing simulations
o parsing program arguments (including the -syntax- command)
o ado-file programming
Here are the particulars for NC-151.
NetCourse 151 (NC-151)
Title: Introduction to Stata Programming
Start date: September 12th
Course length: 6 weeks
Course leaders: Allen McDowell and Kevin Crow
Cost: $125
You can find out more about Stata NetCourses, including detailed course
syllabuses and registration form, by pointing your web browser at
http://www.stata.com/info/products/netcourse/
-- Shannon Driver
Assistant Director of Technical Services, StataCorp
[email protected]
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