Re: st: Books recommendataion?

[Scott Cunningham <scunning@gmail.com>]

Vora,

If you are looking for material on survival models, I would strongly  
recommend Steven Jenkins' material on this.

http://www.iser.essex.ac.uk/teaching/degree/stephenj/ec968/

I printed that out and read through it closely, and it was a huge  
help for me.  But, it's limited to hazard models.

sc
On Sep 15, 2006, at 7:43 PM, Richard Williams wrote:


> At 03:18 PM 9/15/2006, vora n wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Could anyone plese recommend some good books
> > (or internet sources) that teach how to write stata
> > programs (ADO files)? The ones that are for beginners.
> >
> > Thank you very much.
> >
> > Vora
> My first choice would be the Stata User's Guide.  It provides a  
> good intro to many aspects of Stata, including programming.  It is  
> probably my favorite of all the Stata manuals.
>
> My second choice would be the Programming manual.  It is a lot more  
> in-depth but it is more like a reference for those who already have  
> some idea of what they are doing.
>
> My third choice is Stata's Maximum Likelihood book, which is very  
> good for more heavy-duty programming.
>
> All of these are in the Stata Book Store.
>
> There is all sorts of freebie stuff for learning Stata at
>
> http://www.stata.com/links/resources1.html
>
> However, I'm not sure how much, if any, those sources cover  
> programming.
>
> In addition, I'll note that it is easy enough to view all the ado  
> files that come with Stata and from other sources.  You can learn a  
> lot just by going through other programs.
>
>
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