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STATA-An Introduction
STATA
It is a statistical package for managing,
analyzing and graphing data.
It has both a command and menu driven
interface.
It is Designed for research.
It has cross platform compatibility: Windows,
Mac OS, Unix, Solaris.
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STATA-An Introduction

STATA

It

is

a

statistical

package

for

managing,

analyzing and graphing data.

It

has

both

a

command

and

menu

driven

interface.

It is Designed for research.

It has cross platform compatibility: Windows,Mac OS, Unix, Solaris.

STATA-An Introduction

STATA

It has three versions:

Small

(restricted

version)

this

is

not

available for Unix

Intercooled (full version)

Special Edition – STATA/SE

Newest release: Version 10

We

use

version

due

to

unavailability

of

version 10 to us.

STATA-An Introduction

Manuals

Getting Started

User’s Guide

Reference

STATA-An Introduction

Additional subject-specific volumes may be purchasedseparately. These include :

Longitudinal/Panel Data Reference Manual

Mata Reference Manual

Multivariate Statistics Reference Manual

Programming Reference Manual

Survey Data Reference Manual

Survival Analysis and Epidemiological Tables

Reference Manual

Time-Series Reference Manual

.

STATA-An Introduction

Stata

is

a

fast

and

user

friendly

statistical

package

for

Statistics,

Economics

and

Econometrics. •

It provides comprehensive data management

and analysis capabilities. •

Stata is easy to use and also very powerful.

STATA-An Introduction

continued…

There is also the possibility of creating your

own commands to do anything that Stata is notequipped to do itself. •

Thus, it is a good package to learn if you

intend to do any applied work in the future.

Day 1:

Introducing STATA 9.

Why use Stata?

A

brief

introduction

to

the

STATA

environment •

Introduction to menus

Data sets extensions

Loading the first data set

Plan of the course

continued…

Day 1:

Introducing STATA 9.

continued…

Browsing and editing the data set

Saving the data set

Entering data from the key board

Using STATA as a calculator

Introduction

to

some

basic

commands

of

STATA.

Plan of the course

continued…

Day 2: Manipulating Data

continued…

•Sorting variables.•Changing order of the variables.•Relocating variables.•Adding notes to a data/variables.•Set variables display format.

Plan of the course

continued…

Day 3: Use of Log & Command Log files

•Introduction to log files.•Starting log files.•Saving log files.•Appending to log files already created.•Suspending/resuming the log files•Exploring the log files

Plan of the course

continued…

Starting Stata

STATA

is

the

most

powerful

program

Specially for Cross-Sectional Data. •

A basic overview of the Stata interface is necessary for efficient use of Stata.•SO, we give here the basic overview of theSTATA 9.0 package.

Starting STATA

•Go

to

‘START

MENU’

and

Open

STATA

software.

Within the main Stata window are

four

smaller windows

1. “COMMAND WINDOW”2.

“RESULT WINDOW”

“VARIABLE WINDOW”

“REVIEW WINDOW”

INTRODUCING SUB-WINDOWS

INTRODUCING SUB-

WINDOWS

RESULTWINDOW

COMMAND WINDOW

REVIEWWINDOW VARIABLEWINDOW