Discovering Stata software: Stata Deb1 – Stata Deb4

Analysis
Econometrics / Finance
Theoretical and applied statistics
Short courses
On-site courses
Remote/Virtual
Face-to-face
English
French

Objectives

  • Mastery of the basic functions in order to be autonomous with Stata on the following subjects: Descriptive statistics, graphs and first estimates.

Prerequisite:

  • Have a basic knowledge of statistics

Pedagogical and supervisory means:

  • Lectures followed by practical exercises with real-life situations
  • Teaching aids and applications in digital format provided

Monitoring and evaluation of achievements:

  • Pre-training positioning questionnaires
  • On-the-job training evaluation forms

Expected results & skills at the end of the training:

  • At the end of the training, trainees will be able to format their data and produce statistical analyses

Program

4 modules of 3.5 hours each

Stata Deb1 : Meeting the software 

  • Presentation of the software environment
  • How to set up a Stata session to be efficient
  • The general syntax of a Stata command
  • How to use the help to become autonomous
  • Commented example of a Stata session to understand its possibilities
  • Importing data, describing them and visualizing them: a first approach
  • A first exercise

Stata Deb2: Working with your data 

  • Exploring a data file: the if, by and in conditional
  • Manipulating variables: creation, recoding, labels and many other tricks
  • Handling data: sorting, deleting, merging, changing format and producing aggregated data
  • An exercise to test yourself

Stata Deb3: Descriptive Statistics, Tables and Charts 

  • Descriptive statistics
  • Synthetic statistical tables
  • Univariate analysis
  • An introduction to analysis of variance
  • Graphs with Stata
  • A synthetic exercise

Stata Deb4: An introduction to regression

  • Linear regression: estimation, post-estimation, diagnostics and tests
  • Logistic regression: estimation, post-estimation, diagnostics and tests
  • Discovering programming: loops
  • Synthetic exercise (continued)
Duration
14 hours
Level
Beginner
Audience
Anyone wishing to format data and produce statistical analyses.
Participants
8 people maximum

Instructor

Salima Bouayad Agha
Salima hold a PHD in economics from the University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne, and spares no efforts when it comes to passing on knowledge and know-how. She is genuinely devoted to Educational purposes.
Inter: 999 EUR HT/person
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