There is a tradition of telling Statalist members about new releases of Stata
before anyone else, so here it is:
A new release of Stata -- Stata 8 -- begins shipping the week of January 6th.
Stata 8 contains
o New graphics
publication quality
o New GUI
you can use commands or dialogs
o New data management
ODBC support,
new missing values .a, .b, ..., .z
...
o New Statistics
VAR, SVAR
MANOVA, MANCOVA
Stochastic frontier models
Cox with group-level frailty
...
o New programming features
object-oriented programming
programmable GUI
...
o Faster
17-43% faster, average
some commands 4 times faster
other commands not faster at all
I have just given the highlights, for instance, Stata 8 contains survey
Heckman selection models with continuous and discrete outcomes, new cluster
techniques including Ward's method, permutation tests based on simulation,
smoothed hazard functions, and more.
The full list of What's New runs 20-40 pages, depending on how you count. All
the information can be found at
http://www.stata.com/
and you can order from the website now.
Stata 8 Upgrade Prices
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Included non-
From To Manuals Education Education
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SE/7 SE/8 base manuals $325 $395
all manuals 425 495
Intercooled/7 Intercooled/8 base manuals $325 $395
all manuals 425 495
Intercooled/7 SE/8 base manuals $469 $645
all manuals 569 745
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Stat/Xfer 6 Stat/Xfer 7 $ 79 $129
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Notes: Base manuals are [GS], [U], [R], and [G].
All manuals includes base manuals and all the rest.
The new Stat/Transfer 7 supports Stata 8's new .dta format.
Visit www.stata.com or email [email protected].
Stata's documentation set has grown to over 4,500 pages. So that you do not
have to pay for manuals you will not use, you may now choose specific manuals.
There are two guides,
[GS] Getting Started with Stata (190 pages)
[U] User's Guide (420 pages)
one base reference manual set of four volumes plus a Graphics Reference
manual,
[R] Base (1,830 pages)
[G] Graphics (500 pages)
and six more reference manuals,
[P] Programming (470 pages)
[CL] Cluster Analysis (120 pages)
[XT] Cross-sectional Time Series (240 pages)
[SVY] Survey Data (101 pages)
[ST] Survival Analysis & Epidemiological Tables (350 pages)
[TS] Time series (350 pages)
Everyone gets [GS], [U], [R], and [G], and you may choose among the rest.
Whatever manuals you choose, you get all the software and all the online help.
-- Bill
Bill Gould
[email protected]
and, in alphabetical order of last name:
-- Kevin -- James -- Brian
Kevin Crow James Hassel Brian Poi
-- Shannon -- Ken -- Alan
Shannon Driver Ken Higbee Alan Riley
-- David -- Pete -- Kevin
David Drukker Pete Huckelba Kevin Turner
-- Lisa -- Jean Marie -- Derek
Lisa Gilmore Jean Marie Linhart Derek Wagner
-- Weihua -- Allen -- Vince
Weihua Guan Allen McDowell Vince Wiggins
-- Bobby -- Chinh
Roberto Gutierrez Chinh Nguyen
-- Jeff
Jeff Pitblado
and all the rest at Stata who contributed to Stata 8.
P.S. We had planned on telling Statalist members about Stata 8
this morning, but we needed more time to update www.stata.com.
In any case, the official announcement is not until Monday, December
23rd.
Because we could not get the announcement out this morning, we will have
people available tomorrow, Saturday, to accept telephone orders. Of
course, you can order online 7 days a week, 24 hours per day.
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