Dear Martin,
Thanks very much
Anamika
Anamika Barua
Sustainability Research Institute
School of Earth and Environment
University of Leeds
Leeds
LS2 9JT
Tel: 0113 343 6466
Quoting Maarten Buis <[email protected]>:
> Anamika Barua:
> First, I cannot stress strongly enough the value of using
> commands in a do-file. Data analysis and especially data
> preparation is a process were everybody makes lots of
> mistakes. So you will want to know later on what you have
> done in the beginning and you'll want to change it. This
> is simple if you have a do file, but if haven't used a
> do-file you will have to start from scratch again multiple
> times during your project.
>
> As part of the set of manuals there is a "Getting started
> with Stata", which is a good place to start. After that I
> would go to http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/default.htm
> and look for the type of analysis I want to use Stata for,
> and look and repeat on my own computer the examples there,
> apply those examples to my project, and finally extend
> those examples to better fit the analysis I really want to
> do. These kinds of skills are best learned by doing, and
> adapting existing examples is a good way to get started.
> HTH,
> Maarten
>
> -----------------------------------------
> Maarten L. Buis
> Department of Social Research Methodology
> Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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> 1081 HV Amsterdam
> The Netherlands
>
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>
> ---Anamika Barua wrote:
> > I am a new user of STATA, the version I am using is STATA 9 (window
> version).
> > Could anyone please suggest me a good manual for a new user that will guide
> me
> > through ( for version 9, so that I dont need to use any commands).
>
>
> *
> * For searches and help try:
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> * http://www.stata.com/support/statalist/faq
> * http://www.ats.ucla.edu/stat/stata/
>
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