1. Getting started with Stata
September 2017
Kine Josefine Aurland-Bredesen
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2. Getting started with Stata
Four hours.
2 x 45 minutes with lecture.
2 x 45 minutes of exercise solving.
Hands on from the beginning.
No questions are stupid! Stata can be hard.
Learning objectives
Familiarize yourself with the Stata interface
Get data in and out of Stata
Compute new variables and transformations
Compute very basic statistics and construct of graphs
Learn to use a do-file
Where to find help when needed
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3. http://arken.nmbu.no/~kiau/Stata Webpage Here you can find:
Datasets we use today
Exercise Set for today
Dummy do-file
Cheat-sheet with Stata code and useful information
Other useful resources for Stata
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4. Practice using Stata and avoid..
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5. GUI: Graphical User Interface
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6. Graphical user interface
Result
window
Variable
window
Command
review
window
Command window (write commands here)
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7. command varlist, options
Syntax
command varlist, options
Syntax is case sensitive
type
help name_of_command
if you need help
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8. Syntax: Common Logical > Greather than < Less than >=
Greather than or equal
<=
Less than or equal ==
Equal !=
Not equal ~=
Arithmetic +
Addition -
Subtraction *
Multiplication /
Division ^
Power
( )
brackets
Numeric and string
&
and | or !
not ~
Mathematical functions
Exp()
Exponential function
Log()
Natural logarithm
Sqrt()
Square root
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9. Do-file Keep track Re-run commands Make modifications
Make comments in do-file
// comment
** comment
/* comment */
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10. Before get to work.. Create a folder for this course on your server
Go to webpage and download Excel file country_short and the pdf-file To Do List to the folder.
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11. Launch Stata Start -> Programs -> Stata
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12. Exercise Set
Go to webpage and download Excel file country_long and the pdf-file Exercise Set
… and get cracking!
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