An Introduction to Stata

A Beginners Guide

Created byNajib Mozahem

Last updated 1/2019

English

What you'll learn

Navigating the graphical user interface
Create and import new datasets
Format datasets
Modify records
Encode variables
Generate specific output for different types of variables
Create and use do files

Course content

8 sections • 40 lectures • 3h 35m total length

Introduction to the user interface1:21
Why data matters8:21
Navigating the graphical user interface7:01
Looking at a dataset10:01
Organizing work by using directories8:53
The help and search commands10:51
Stata and the Internet9:20
Conclusion1:47

Introduction: Why modify the data?1:42
Learn how to modify a dataset in Stata by creating new variables, dropping unused ones, renaming or replacing values, and adjusting data to reveal the story in the data.
Renaming variables2:18
Rename variables in a dataset with the rename command, such as changing level to a simpler name, and save changes with replace or use clear all to reset the workspace.
Replacing values10:58
Explore how to use the replace command in Stata to modify values by observation, apply conditions with equals signs and and/or operators, and handle missing values with verification via tabulation.
Generating a new variable7:57
Deleting a variable or an observation2:51
Conclusion1:51

Requirements

Have a basic knowledge of how to use regular desktop programs

Description

This is an introductory course to Stata. The course assumed to previous knowledge of the software nor any statistical knowledge. The course does not teach statistics. The goal of the course is to teach students about the basic functionality of Stata and how it can be used to analyze large data sets. The course contains two projects for students to work on. It also provides a step-by-step approach in covering all of the material where I go through the commands one by one. In addition to the video lectures, I have included the scripts of the lectures so that students can also study and revise the material without having to watch videos. Although Stata comes with many data sets, this course utilizes my own data sets in order to explain to students the thought process involved in collecting data.

Who this course is for:

Beginner data scientists looking to learn how to use Stata

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What you'll learn

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Course content

Getting to know the user interface8 lectures • 58min

Working with a new Dataset5 lectures • 29min

Making the data more readable6 lectures • 29min

Inspecting records that fullfill certain criteria4 lectures • 26min

Looking at the data more closely4 lectures • 30min

Modifying the data6 lectures • 28min

Automating the process using do files4 lectures • 11min

Conclusion to the course - Final Project3 lectures • 6min

Requirements

Description

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