Instructors: Rosaria Vega Pansini, Research Fellow of Economics, Faculty of Political Science,
University of Pavia, and María Emma Santos , Research Officer OPHI
Class Objectives:
- Data and file management
- Data modification and editing
- Descriptive statistics
- Regression analysis
- Poverty analysis
- Basic Programming
Notes:
Introduction to Stata
Exercises:
Problem Set for Introduction to Stata
Data Set:
Half_Sample_Bhutan
Answer Key:
Introduction to Stata.do
Reading List
Textbooks:
STATA Press. Getting Started with Stata for Windows
STATA Press.User’s Guide
Resources:
There are a lot of useful resources on ‘how to use Stata’ that you can access online. On the Stata website’s Resources Page you can find links to other online websites where you will find tutorials on Stata. Moreover, Stata’s Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and the email discussion group with contributions and answers from StataCorp staff can also be very useful.
In particular, very good online resources are: The UCLA Academic Technology Services and Professor Cameron’s webpage at the University of Davis.