| DATE |
TOPIC |
NOTES |
| Week 1(1/8&1/10) |
Review syllabus; visit course web page;
why Stata (compared with SAS or SPSS)?
The basics: windows setting, log, directory, updates, set memory,
|
note1; syntax1 |
| Week 2(1/15&1/17) |
How and where to get help? Add-on programs.Reading data in Stata: enter data manually;
Using and saving Stata data files; Reading various foreign data files.
|
note2.1; note2.2; syntax2
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| Week 3(1/22&1/24) |
Inputting raw data files into Stata.
|
note3.1; note3.2;
syntax3; hw#1;hw#1 solution |
| Week 4(1/29&1/31) |
Reading dates into Stata and using date variables;
Converting between string and numeric variables.
|
note4.1; note4.2;syntax4:
hw#2; hw#2solution |
| Week 5(2/5&2/7) |
Data reporting;
Data manipulations; _n and _N.
|
note & syntax 5.1;
note & syntax 5.2
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| Week 6(2/12&/14) |
Append and merge data
|
note & syntax 6.1;
note & syntax 6.2;
hw#3; hw#3solution |
| Week 7(2/19&2/21) |
Converting Stata files to SAS or SPSS without Stat/Transfer;
Recoding continuous/categorical variables to dummy(indicator) variables, and vice versa;
Converting tables in Stata to MS Word format.
|
note&syntax 7.1;
note&syntax 7.2;
syntax 7.2 |
| Week 8(2/26&2/28) |
Reshape data from wide form to long form and vice versa;
Grahpics1: Introduction to graphs.
|
note&syntax8.1; note&syntax8.2
hw#4; hw#4solution |
| Week 9(3/4&3/6) |
Graphics 2: Common graphic option;
Graphics 3: Common two way plots.
Logit/Logistic Regression
|
note&syntax9.1; note&syntax9.2
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| Week 10(3/11&3/13) |
Spring Break
|
| Week 11(3/18&3/20) |
Common statistical tests in Stata: t-test, nonparametric methods;
Power analysis, Chi-square; Correlation; ANOVA.
|
note11.1; syntax11.2.do
note&syntax11.2
hw5; hw#5solution
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| Week 12(3/25&3/27) |
Common regressions
|
note12.1; syntax12.1.do
note12.2; syntax12.2.do |
| Week 13(4/1&4/3) |
Regression diagnostics: checking normality of residuals, heteroscedasticity, collinearity, model specification.
|
syntax13.1.do; note13.1;
syntax13.2.do
hw6; hw#6solution
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| Week 14(4/8&4/10) |
xt: panel/longitudinal data (xtreg, xtlogit);
Some useful tips of using Stata.
|
note14.1; syntax14.1.do
note14.2; syntax14.2.do
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| Week 15(4/15&4/17) |
Survival-time data; Review.
|
note15; syntax15.do
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| Week 16(4/22&4/24) |
Final week |
Take Home Exam |
