Data Analysis Using Stata provides a comprehensive introduction to
Stata that will be useful to those who are just learning statistics and
Stata as well as users of other statistical packages making the switch to
Stata. Throughout the book, the authors make extensive use of examples
using data from the German Socioeconomic Panel, a large survey of
households containing demographic, income, employment, and other key
information.
The book begins with an introduction to the Stata interface and then
proceeds with a discussion of Stata syntax and simple programming tools
like foreach loops. The core of the book includes chapters on
producing tables and graphs, performing linear regression, and using
logistic regression. All key concepts are illustrated with multiple
examples.
The remainder of the book includes chapters on reading text files, writing
programs and ado-files, and Internet resources such as the search
command and the SSC archive.
Overall, Kohler and Kreuter's book will serve as a valuable introduction to
Stata, both for those who are new to statistics and statistical computing
and for those new to Stata but familiar with other programs. The
book also makes a handy reference guide for existing Stata users.
For further details or to order online, please visit the
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Bookstore.
