Learn the New Features of Stata 11

Description

Learn what’s new in Stata 11. This one-day course is aimed at users of Stata 10 or earlier who are interested in learning the new features in Stata 11. You will learn about diverse topics such as efficient reproducible data management using point-and-click tools, simpler do-file development using the new Do-file Editor, and extended and unified marginal analysis using the margins command and Stata’s new factor variables. You will also learn about Stata’s new multiple-imputation tools and see some additions with big ramifications. Finally, we will briefly cover some new additions and extensions to Stata’s estimation and programming tools. This promises to be an intense session where you can quickly learn many of Stata 11’s new tools. Enroll now.

Course topics

• Small gems
  • Getting better help
    • PDF documentation
    • Working quickly with examples
  • Spicing up text in graphs
  • Using Stata’s random-number generators
  • Exploring missing data using misstable
• Workflow improvements
  • Using the Data Editor and Variables Manager for data management
  • Exploiting the new Do-file Editor
• Factor variables and marginal analysis
  • Using factor variables
  • Performing marginal analyses—extensions and unification of marginal effects and adjustment
• Multiple imputation
  • Understanding missing values and imputation
  • Working with Stata’s implementation of multiple imputation
• Brief overviews of extensions and additions to existing analysis tools
  • Additions to Stata’s time-series capabilities
  • Additions to Stata’s survival analysis capabilities
  • Additions to Stata’s panel-data capabilities
• Brief overviews of new advanced techniques
  • Fitting your own models using GMM
  • Using new additions to Mata
• Questions and answers
  • Your chance to ask about the new release

Prerequisites

• Basic computer skills
• The course is taught using Stata. It is appropriate for those who already own Stata and for those who are considering purchasing or upgrading. There is no requirement that the user already own a Stata license.

Next session

The next available session will be held February 5, in Washington, D.C. at MicroTek. The price is $395 per person. Enroll now.

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Notes

Enrollment is limited to 24 participants. Computers with Stata installed are provided at all public training sessions. All training courses run from 8:30 AM to 4:30 PM each day. A continental breakfast, lunch, and an afternoon snack will also be provided. Breakfast is available before the course begins. All participants are encouraged to bring a USB flash drive to all public training sessions; this is the safest and simplest way to save your work from the session.