Re: st: Books recommendataion?

["vora n" <vora_stata@hotmail.com>]

Thank you everyone for your helpful
suggestions. I will check them out. ^_^

Vora N


> From: Scott Cunningham <scunning@gmail.com>
> Reply-To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Subject: Re: st: Books recommendataion?
> Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 21:16:00 -0400
>
> 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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