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From | Estrella Gomez <estrellastata@gmail.com> |
To | statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu |
Subject | Re: st: Programming courses |
Date | Mon, 9 May 2011 18:06:43 +0200 |
Thank you everybody! 2011/5/4 Nick Cox <njcoxstata@gmail.com>: > Everyone's right -- for different meanings of the question. > > If "programming" just is code for better understanding and use of > Stata, StataCorp's net courses and Kit Baum's book are all excellent > and would certainly help. And plenty of people have put up good > teaching materials. Alan's stuff looks like an excellent example. > > If "programming" means "I want to write Stata programs", strict sense, > again the higher level StataCorp courses will help, and Kit's book > too. > > That said, the best single resource is at your fingertips. Read [U] > again and again until you've internalised it all. > > Nick > > On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 1:36 PM, Alan Neustadtl <alan.neustadtl@gmail.com> wrote: >> I have a the materials for an introductory course online that you >> might find useful. >> >> Start Stata on an internet connected computer and from the command >> line enter: net from http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~smilex3/stata. >> >> Then click on the link "SOCY498C" (Support material for >> SOCY498C/699C). You should see: >> >> PACKAGES you could -net describe-: >> read Reading Data. >> examine Examining Data. >> graphing Graphing Data. >> regression Regression Analysis. >> gotchas Things that can go wrong. >> by-egen by and egen language. >> macros Macros. >> merge Appending and merging data files. >> adjust Using the post-estimation command adjust. >> >> Just click on a link to download a pdf file with worked examples and >> accompanying Stata do files. >> >> One caution, because, I think, I store these files on a Unix based >> computer there is an issue if you try to "re-click" on a link (e.g. >> SOCY498C) and you need to reissue the -net from- command. Because of >> that I assign this command to a function key using a global macro. >> Here is what I use: >> >> global F7 net from http://terpconnect.umd.edu/~smilex3/stata; >> > > * > * For searches and help try: > * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search > * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq > * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ > * * For searches and help try: * http://www.stata.com/help.cgi?search * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/