Is it possible to take the programming class with Stata 8?
Quoting "Kevin Crow, StataCorp" <[email protected]>:
> StataCorp will be offering sessions of NC-101 and NC-151 starting October
> 14.
> The NetCourses are available on the Internet using a web-based system to
> deliver lectures, problem sets, and solutions. Course participants and
> Stata
> course leaders interact through a bulletin board to discuss the course and
> to
> ask and answer questions.
>
> Here is a little more information about the upcoming NetCourses:
>
> ------------------------------------------
> NetCourse 101. Introduction to Stata
> ------------------------------------------
>
> Course length: 6 weeks (4 lectures)
> Course dates: October 14 through November 25
> Cost: $95
> Course Leaders: Kerry Kammire and Derek Wagner
> Prerequisites: Stata 9 installed and working.
> Internet web browser installed and
> working. (Course is platform
> independent.)
> Schedule:
> Lecture 1 October 14
> Lecture 2 October 21
> One-week break October 27 through November 2
> Lecture 3 November 4
> Lecture 4 November 11
> Closing discussion
> Course ends November 25
>
> Content:
> o Getting started with Stata
> o Understanding the fundamentals of Stata syntax
> o Managing and organizing work and files
> o Searching for new commands, help, and other information
> o Installing new commands over the web
> o Managing data
> o Managing categorical variables
> o Handing groups with -by- processing
> o Reading various types of data into Stata
> o Match-merging and appending data
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------
> NetCourse 151. Introduction to Stata programming
> ------------------------------------------------------
>
> Course length: 6 weeks (4 lectures)
> Course dates: October 14 through November 25
> Cost: $125
> Course Leaders: Kevin Crow and Ryman Tiu
> Prerequisites: Stata 9 installed and working.
> Basic knowledge of using Stata
> interactively. Internet web browser
> installed and working. (Course is
> platform independent.)
> Schedule:
> Lecture 1 October 14
> Lecture 2 October 21
> One-week break October 27 through November 2
> Lecture 3 November 4
> Lecture 4 November 11
> Closing discussion
> Course ends November 25
>
> Content:
> o Organizing analyses
> o Handling complex datasets
> o Use of macros
> o Flow of control
> o Program arguments
> o Bootstrapping standard errors
> o Performing simulations
> o Parsing program arguments (including the -syntax- command)
> o ado-file programming
>
>
> ----------------
> More information
> ----------------
>
> You can find out more about Stata NetCourses by pointing your web browser
> to
>
> http://www.stata.com/info/products/netcourse/
>
>
>
> -- Kevin Crow, StataCorp
> [email protected]
>
> *
> * For searches and help try:
> * http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
> * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
> * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
>
--
Rashmi Shankar
Asst. Professor, Department of Economics,
Brandeis International Business School
Brandeis University,
415 South Street,
Waltham, MA 02454
Phone: 781-736-2265
Fax: 781-736-2269
*
* For searches and help try:
* http://www.stata.com/support/faqs/res/findit.html
* http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
* http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
