Overview: Why use Stata?
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Stata is a complete, integrated statistical package that provides everything
you need for data analysis, data management, and graphics.
Stata
11 adds many new features such as multiple imputation,
factor variables, generalized method of moments (GMM), competing-risks
regression, state-space modeling, predictive margins, a Variables
Manager, and more.
Find out more about these features at
New in Stata 11.
Fast, accurate, and easy to use
With a point-and-click interface, an
intuitive command syntax, and
online help, Stata is
easy to use,
fast, and accurate (see
certification results and
FDA document compliance for details).
All analyses can be reproduced and
documented for publication and review.
Broad suite of statistical capabilities
Stata puts hundreds of
statistical tools at your fingertips, from advanced techniques, such as
survival models with frailty, dynamic panel data (DPD) regressions,
generalized estimating equations (GEE), multilevel mixed models, models with
sample selection, multiple imputation, ARCH, and estimation with
complex survey samples; to
standard methods, such as linear and generalized linear models (GLM),
regressions with count or binary outcomes, ANOVA/MANOVA, ARIMA, cluster
analysis, standardization of rates, case–control analysis, and
basic tabulations and summary statistics.
Complete data-management facilities
Stata’s data-management commands
give you complete control of all types of data: you can combine and reshape
datasets, manage variables, and collect statistics across groups or
replicates. You can work with byte, integer, long, float, double, and
string variables. Stata also has advanced tools for managing specialized
data such as survival/duration data, time-series data, panel/longitudinal
data, categorical data, multiple-imputation data, and survey data.
Explore all of Stata’s capabilities.
Publication-quality graphics
Stata makes it easy to generate
publication-quality, distinctly styled graphs, including regression fit
graphs, distributional plots, time-series graphs, and survival plots.
With the integrated
Graph Editor you click to
change anything about your graph or to add titles, notes, lines, arrows,
and text.
You can choose between existing graph styles or create your own.
Responsive and extensible
Stata is so programmable that developers and users add new features every
day to respond to the growing demands of today's researchers. With Stata’s
Internet capabilities,
new features and
official updates can be installed
over the Internet with a single click. Many new features and informative
articles are published quarterly in the refereed
Stata Journal. Another great
resource is Statalist, an independent listserver
where more than 3,200 Stata users exchange over 1,000 postings and 50
programs each month.
Matrix programming—Mata
Though you don’t need to program to use Stata, it is comforting to
know that a fast and complete matrix programming language is an integral
part of Stata. Mata is both an interactive environment for manipulating
matrices and a full development environment that can produce compiled and
optimized code. It includes special features for processing panel data,
performs operations on real or complex matrices, provides complete support
for object-oriented programming, and is fully integrated
with every aspect of Stata. Learn more about
Mata.
Cross-platform compatible
Stata is available for Windows,
Mac, and
Unix computers (including
Linux). Stata datasets, programs, and
other data can be shared across platforms without translation.
You can also quickly and easily import datasets from other statistical
packages, spreadsheets, and databases.
Complete documentation and other publications
Stata comes with 19 volumes of
documentation containing more than 8,400 pages of information that
includes calculation formulas, detailed examples, and references to the
literature. The documentation comes in PDF form with every copy of Stata
and printed volumes are available either separately or as a set. Our web
site is a great resource for information about Stata, including answers to
frequently asked questions.
You can read informative articles about statistics and new Stata features in
the quarterly Stata Journal.
The Stata News is a quarterly
publication containing announcements of new releases and updates, training
schedules, new books, conferences and Users Group meetings, new products,
and other announcements of interest to Stata users.
Stata Press also publishes
books about using Stata and
about statistical topics for professional researchers of all disciplines.
Technical support and learning resources
Excellent technical support is free to
registered users of Stata. See what our
customers are saying about our
technical support.
Stata provides hands-on public training
courses, customized on-site training
courses, and online training through
NetCourses. In NetCourses, you can learn
about Stata
at your office, home, or school; working at your own pace; and at a
reasonable cost. Courses topics range from getting started to advanced
usage, programming, and statistics. See what participants say about our NetCourses.
You can also participate in short
courses sponsored by Stata or third parties in various locations.
Users Group meetings, held in many places around
the world, provide opportunities to meet other users and learn from the
experts, including the developers of Stata.
Widely used
Stata is distributed in more than 150 countries and is used by professionals
in many fields of research.
See what research professionals say about
Stata. Our certified distributors offer services such as basic technical
support and training. To find out more, or to find your distributor, click
here.
Affordable
Stata offers several purchase options to fit your budget.
Contact a sales representative to find
out more about our affordable options.
Note to U.S. customers: Stata is
Section 508 compliant.
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