A Gentle Introduction To Stata Second Edition

Author : Alan C. Acock
Publisher : Stata Press
ISBN 13 : 9781597181099
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Gentle Introduction to Stata, Revised Third Edition written by Alan C. Acock and published by Stata Press. This book was released on 2012-03-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Updated to reflect the new features of Stata 11, A Gentle Introduction to Stata, Third Edition continues to help new Stata users become proficient in Stata. After reading this introductory text, you will be able to enter, build, and manage a data set as well as perform fundamental statistical analyses. New to the Third Edition A new chapter on the analysis of missing data and the use of multiple-imputation methods Extensive revision of the chapter on ANOVA Additional material on the application of power analysis The book covers data management; good work habits, including the use of basic do-files; basic exploratory statistics, including graphical displays; and analyses using the standard array of basic statistical tools, such as correlation, linear and logistic regression, and parametric and nonparametric tests of location and dispersion. Rather than splitting these topics by their Stata implementation, the material on graphics and postestimation are woven into the text in a natural fashion. The author teaches Stata commands by using the menus and dialog boxes while still stressing the value of do-files. Each chapter includes exercises and real data sets are used throughout.

Author : Alan C. Acock
Publisher : Stata Press
ISBN 13 : 1597180432
Total Pages : 357 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Gentle Introduction to Stata, Second Edition written by Alan C. Acock and published by Stata Press. This book was released on 2008-09-03 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A Gentle Introduction to Stata, Second Edition is aimed at new Stata users who want to become proficient in Stata. After reading this introductory text, new users will not only be able to use Stata well but also learn new aspects of Stata easily. Acock assumes that the user is not familiar with any statistical software. This assumption of a blank slate is central to the structure and contents of the book. Acock starts with the basics; for example, the portion of the book that deals with data management begins with a careful and detailed example of turning survey data on paper into a Stata-ready dataset on the computer. When explaining how to go about basic exploratory statistical procedures, Acock includes notes that should help the reader develop good work habits. This mixture of explaining good Stata habits and good statistical habits continues throughout the book. Acock is quite careful to teach the reader all aspects of using Stata. He covers data management, good work habits (including the use of basic do-files), basic exploratory statistics (including graphical displays), and analyses using the standard array of basic statistical tools (correlation, linear and logistic regression, and parametric and nonparametric tests of location and dispersion). Acock teaches Stata commands by using the menus and dialog boxes while still stressing the value of do-files. In this way, he ensures that all types of users can build good work habits. Each chapter has exercises that the motivated reader can use to reinforce the material. The tone of the book is friendly and conversational without ever being glib or condescending. Important asides and notes about terminology are set off in boxes, which makes the text easy to read without any convoluted twists or forward-referencing. Rather than splitting topics by their Stata implementation, Acock chose to arrange the topics as they would be in a basic statistics textbook; graphics and postestimation are woven into the material in a natural fashion. Real datasets, such as the General Social Surveys from 2002 and 2006, are used throughout the book. The focus of the book is especially helpful for those in psychology and the social sciences, because the presentation of basic statistical modeling is supplemented with discussions of effect sizes and standardized coefficients. Various selection criteria, such as semipartial correlations, are discussed for model selection. The second edition of the book has been updated to reflect new features in Stata 10 and includes a new chapter on the use of factor analysis to develop valid, reliable scale measures."--Publisher's website.

Author : Christopher F. Baum
Publisher : Stata Press
ISBN 13 : 9781597181501
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.01/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Stata Programming written by Christopher F. Baum and published by Stata Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The second edition of this book contains several new recipes illustrating how do-files, ado-files, and Mata functions can be used to solve programming problems. Several recipes have also been updated to reflect new features in Stata added between versions 10 and 14. The discussion of maximum-likelihood function evaluators has been significantly expanded in this edition. The new topics covered in this edition include factor variables and operatores; use of margins, marginsplot, and suest; Mata-based likelihood function evaluators; and associative arrays."--Preface.

Author : Felix Bittmann
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110617196
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stata written by Felix Bittmann and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-02-19 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stata is one of the most popular statistical software in the world and suited for all kinds of users, from absolute beginners to experienced veterans. This book offers a clear and concise introduction to the usage and the workflow of Stata. Included topics are importing and managing datasets, cleaning and preparing data, creating and manipulating variables, producing descriptive statistics and meaningful graphs as well as central quantitative methods, like linear (OLS) and binary logistic regressions and matching. Additional information about diagnostical tests ensures that these methods yield valid and correct results that live up to academic standards. Furthermore, users are instructed how to export results that can be directly used in popular software like Microsoft Word for seminar papers and publications. Lastly, the book offers a short yet focussed introduction to scientific writing, which should guide readers through the process of writing a first quantitative seminar paper or research report. The book underlines correct usage of the software and a productive workflow which also introduces aspects like replicability and general standards for academic writing. While absolute beginners will enjoy the easy to follow point-and-click interface, more experienced users will benefit from the information about do-files and syntax which makes Stata so popular. Lastly, a wide range of user-contributed software („Ados") is introduced which further improves the general workflow and guarantees the availability of state of the art statistical methods.

Author : Michael N. Mitchell
Publisher : Stata Press
ISBN 13 : 1597180394
Total Pages : 489 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Visual Guide to Stata Graphics, Second Edition written by Michael N. Mitchell and published by Stata Press. This book was released on 2008-06-04 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Power of Stata Graphics at Your Fingertips Whether you are new to Stata graphics or a seasoned veteran, this book teaches you how to use Stata to make high-quality graphs that stand out and enhance statistical results. With over 900 illustrated examples and quick-reference tabs, it offers a guide to creating and customizing graphs for any type of statistical data using either Stata commands or the Graph Editor. The author displays each graph example in full color with simple and clear instructions. He shows how to produce various types of graph elements, including marker symbols, lines, legends, captions, titles, axis labels, and grid lines. Reflecting the new graphics features of Stata, this thoroughly updated and expanded edition contains a new chapter that explains how to exploit the power of the new Graph Editor. This edition also includes additional examples and illustrates nearly every example with the Graph Editor.

Author : Lisa Daniels
Publisher : SAGE Publications
ISBN 13 : 1506371825
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis Using Stata® written by Lisa Daniels and published by SAGE Publications. This book was released on 2019-01-11 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis Using Stata® by Lisa Daniels and Nicholas Minot provides a step-by-step introduction for statistics, data analysis, or research methods classes with Stata. Concise descriptions emphasize the concepts behind statistics for students rather than the derivations of the formulas. With real-world examples from a variety of disciplines and extensive detail on the commands in Stata, this text provides an integrated approach to research design, statistical analysis, and report writing for social science students.

Author : Svend Juul
Publisher : Stata Press
ISBN 13 : 1597180106
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Introduction to Stata for Health Researchers written by Svend Juul and published by Stata Press. This book was released on 2006-03-15 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed to assist those working in health research, An Introduction to Stata for Health Researchers explains how to maximize the versatile Stata program for data management, statistical analysis, and graphics for research. The first nine chapters are devoted to becoming familiar with Stata and the essentials of effective data management. The text is also a valuable companion reference for more advanced users. It covers a host of useful applications for health researchers including the analysis of stratified data via epitab and regression models; linear, logistic, and Poisson regression; survival analysis including Cox regression, standardized rates, and correlation/ROC analysis of measurements.

Author : MICHAEL N. MITCHELL
Publisher : Stata Press
ISBN 13 : 9781597183215
Total Pages : 610 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Interpreting and Visualizing Regression Models Using Stata written by MICHAEL N. MITCHELL and published by Stata Press. This book was released on 2020-12-18 with total page 610 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interpreting and Visualizing Regression Models Using Stata, Second Edition provides clear and simple examples illustrating how to interpret and visualize a wide variety of regression models. Including over 200 figures, the book illustrates linear models with continuous predictors (modeled linearly, using polynomials, and piecewise), interactions of continuous predictors, categorical predictors, interactions of categorical predictors, and interactions of continuous and categorical predictors. The book also illustrates how to interpret and visualize results from multilevel models, models where time is a continuous predictor, models with time as a categorical predictor, nonlinear models (such as logistic or ordinal logistic regression), and models involving complex survey data. The examples illustrate the use of the margins, marginsplot, contrast, and pwcompare commands. This new edition reflects new and enhanced features added to Stata, most importantly the ability to label statistical output using value labels associated with factor variables. As a result, output regarding marital status is labeled using intuitive labels like Married and Unmarried instead of using numeric values such as 1 and 2. All the statistical output in this new edition capitalizes on this new feature, emphasizing the interpretation of results based on variables labeled using intuitive value labels. Additionally, this second edition illustrates other new features, such as using transparency in graphics to more clearly visualize overlapping confidence intervals and using small sample-size estimation with mixed models. If you ever find yourself wishing for simple and straightforward advice about how to interpret and visualize regression models using Stata, this book is for you.

Author : R. Mark Sirkin
Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 9781412905466
Total Pages : 636 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Statistics for the Social Sciences written by R. Mark Sirkin and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2006 with total page 636 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do your students lack confidence in their ability to handle quantitative work? Do they get confused about how to enter statistical data on SAS, SPSS, and Excel programs? The new Third Edition of the bestselling Statistics for the Social Sciences is the solution to these dilemmas Popular in previous editions, this Third Edition continues to help build students' confidence and ability in doing statistical analysis by slowly moving from concepts that require little computational work to those that require more. Author R. Mark Sirkin once again demonstrates how statistics can be used so that students come to appreciate their usefulness rather than fearing them. Statistics for the Social Sciences emphasizes the analysis and interpretation of data to give students a feel for how data interpretation is related to the methods by which the information was obtained. The book includes lists of key concepts, chapter exercises, topic boxes, and more

Author : Robert A. Muenchen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1441913181
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book R for Stata Users written by Robert A. Muenchen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-04-26 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stata is the most flexible and extensible data analysis package available from a commercial vendor. R is a similarly flexible free and open source package for data analysis, with over 3,000 add-on packages available. This book shows you how to extend the power of Stata through the use of R. It introduces R using Stata terminology with which you are already familiar. It steps through more than 30 programs written in both languages, comparing and contrasting the two packages' different approaches. When finished, you will be able to use R in conjunction with Stata, or separately, to import data, manage and transform it, create publication quality graphics, and perform basic statistical analyses. A glossary defines over 50 R terms using Stata jargon and again using more formal R terminology. The table of contents and index allow you to find equivalent R functions by looking up Stata commands and vice versa. The example programs and practice datasets for both R and Stata are available for download.