This online course will be offered over 3 afternoons (3/6, 3/8, and 3/10), 2 hours per day. Attendance is required as the course will not be recorded.

This 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 
• Run Stata commands from the command window and from scripts (“do” files) 
• Enter, transfer, and save data in different formats, e.g., Excel, SAS, SPSS, text files 
• Append, merge, and sort datasets 
• Identify and clean duplicate records 
• Calculate new variables 
• Create variable and value labels 
• Generate temporary datasets 
• Create a codebook 
• Save and reproduce your work with “do” files 
• Document your results using log files 
• Run descriptive statistics 
• Create graphs and tables 
• Run basic statistical analyses, e.g., Ordinary Least Squares regression, correlation matrices, Chi-square tests, t-tests