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Introduction to Stata and efficient workflow

Introduction to Stata and efficient workflow. Andrew Hicks CCPR Statistics and Methods Core. A great resource. available at www.stata.com/bookstore. Effective Workflow Working with Stata. Outline. Everyone has one, even if you don’t think of it as such. Workflow. Cleaning data

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Introduction to Stata and efficient workflow

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  1. Introduction to Stata and efficient workflow Andrew Hicks CCPR Statistics and Methods Core

  2. A great resource available at www.stata.com/bookstore

  3. Effective Workflow Working with Stata Outline

  4. Everyone has one, even if you don’t think of it as such. Workflow

  5. Cleaning data • Performing Analysis • Presenting findings • Saving your work Workflow steps

  6. Bring in data to Stata • Evaluate variable namesand labels • Verify sample and variables 1. Cleaning Data

  7. 3. Presenting Results 2. Running Analysis 4. Saving/protecting files

  8. Planning • Organizing • Documenting • Executing Within each step

  9. “…time spent on documentation can literally save weeks of work and frustration later.” - Long (2008)

  10. Stata Syntax: command[varlist][= exp] [if exp] [in range] [weighttype=weight][, options] Brackets = optional portions Italics = user specified

  11. UCLA ATS • http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ • Statalist • http://www.stata.com/statalist/ • CCPR • http://www.ccpr.ucla.edu/ Online Resources

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