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Re: st: Elementary texts
At 03:31 PM 5/19/2007, Brendan Halpin wrote:
I'm proposing to teach elementary to intermediate quantitative
methods to social science graduate students, via Stata, next
autumn.
This involves a radical departure from "that other package" and I
really need a suitable text to go with it. Kohler & Kreuter's "Data
Analysis using Stata" and Acock's "Gentle Introduction" both seem
attractive.
I like Acock's book, haven't seen Kohler & Kreuter. It used to be
that Hamilton's book was the only game in town. It is still a good choice:
http://www.stata.com/bookstore/sws.html
I have a lot of handouts where I show how to do things in both SPSS
and Stata. See
http://www.nd.edu/~rwilliam/stats1/StataHighlights.html
I'll be updating that page soon when I get a chance.
Incidentally, I find Stata far better than that "other package" for
classroom teaching. I can give Stata commands quickly and easily and
not have to wade through a bunch of menus. I also find Stata's "ask
for a little, get a little" approach much better for teaching because
it lets me break things up into logical, manageable chunks, rather
than overwhelming you with a ton of output all at once.
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