This three-day course introduces students to Stata and data management.  It is tailored for beginners and researchers who want to learn how to manage data more effectively. Each day, the class will demonstrate how to use the commands, followed by hands-on exercises using sample datasets. By the end of the course, participants will be able to perform the following:

·       Use Stata's Graphical User Interference (GUI) with dialog boxes and with typed commands

·       Enter, transfer, and save data that are in different formats, e.g., Excel, SAS, SPSS, fix format with a dictionary

·       Append, merge, and sort datasets

·       Create variable labels

·       Generate temporary datasets

·       Create a codebook

·       Make the most of do, and log files

·       Create graphs and tables

·       Identify duplicates

·       Enter commands to run basic statistical analysis, e.g., Ordinary Least Square regression, correlation, Chi-square test, summarize, describe