st: Upcoming public training course in Washington DC

[Bill Rising <brising@stata.com>]

Dear Statalisters,

StataCorp is excited to announce our first public training course,  
"Using Stata
Effectively: Data Management, Analysis, and Graphics Fundamentals," to  
be held
in Washington DC on May 8 and 9. Public training courses are intensive,
in-depth courses taught by StataCorp at third-party sites around the
country. They are open to individuals and groups.

This course will allow participants to become intimately familiar with  
all
three components of Stata: data management, analysis, and graphics. This
two-day course is aimed at both new Stata users and those who would  
like to
pick up tips for efficient day-to-day usage of Stata.

Course topics

Stata basics
  o  Keeping organized
  o  Knowing how Stata treats data
  o  Using dialog boxes efficiently
  o  Using the Command window
  o  Saving time and effort while working

Data management
  o  Reading in datasets of various standard formats (such as those  
from
     spreadsheets or databases)
  o  Labeling variables and setting up encoded variables
  o  Generating new variables in an efficient fashion, including  
leading,
     lagging, generating statistics within groups, and working across
     variables
  o  Combining datasets by adding observations and by adding variables
  o  Reshaping datasets for repeated measurements

Workflow
  o  Using both menus and the Command window to work quickly
  o  Setting up Stata to one's liking
  o  Keeping complete records of what is done inside Stata
  o  Creating reproducible analyses, which are completely documented
  o  Finding, installing, and removing user-written extensions to Stata
  o  Customizing how Stata starts up and where it looks for files

Analysis
  o  Using basic statistical commands
  o  Reusing results of Stata commands, both estimation and other
  o  Using common postestimation commands, such as testing hypotheses  
about
     linear or nonlinear combinations of coefficients, generating  
fitted
     values, or looking at marginal effects

Graphics

  o  Making common, simple graphs
  o  Building up complex graphs
  o  Using the Graph Editor


The above lists are not exhaustive. They are meant to give an idea of  
the level
and scope of each topic.

Prerequisites

  o  Basic computer skills
  o  The course is taught using Stata 10. It is appropriate for those  
who
     already own Stata 10 and for those who are considering  
purchasing or
     upgrading to Stata 10. There is no requirement that the user  
already own
     a Stata license.

To get more information about this course, point your browser to

  http://www.stata.com/training/public.html


Bill Rising
brising@stata.com
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