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Re: st: Stata resources for newbie
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Nick Cox <[email protected]>
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Re: st: Stata resources for newbie
Date
Tue, 28 May 2013 12:39:09 +0100
. search [U]
and the answer was not useful!
Nick
[email protected]
On 28 May 2013 12:25, Margaret MacDougall <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks for taking the trouble to be precise, Nick.
>
>
> Best wishes
>
> Margaret
>
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> On 27/05/2013 20:57, Nick Cox wrote:
>>
>> Should have been
>>
>> when the richest resource on the language is bundled within Stata.
>> Nick
>> [email protected]
>>
>>
>> On 27 May 2013 18:49, Nick Cox<[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Richard's right, but I am usually surprised that most recommendations
>>> overlook what is to me the most obvious and the most instructive
>>> single source.
>>>
>>> [U] starts very easy and gets more difficult in a well graded way. But
>>> Margaret's question seems to imply someone not a beginner in
>>> statistics, just in Stata, and [U] is ideal for such person. Numerous
>>> users seem to determined to slow themselves down by Googling
>>> everything when the richest resource is bundled on the language within
>>> Stata.
>>> Nick
>>> [email protected]
>>>
>>>
>>> On 27 May 2013 18:32, Richard Williams<[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Numerous freebie resources are listed at
>>>>
>>>> http://www.stata.com/links/resources-for-learning-stata/
>>>>
>>>> I myself use the UCLA pages a lot. My own Stata highlights page is at
>>>>
>>>> http://www3.nd.edu/~rwilliam/stats/StataHighlights.html
>>>>
>>>> For books, see
>>>>
>>>> http://www.stata.com/bookstore/books-on-stata/
>>>>
>>>> The book by Hamilton is the classic and it is what I used when I
>>>> started.
>>>> But several good newer books (e.g. Acock) have come along in recent
>>>> years.
>>>> Which you prefer might depend on your field of study.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> At 11:02 AM 5/27/2013, Margaret MacDougall wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hello
>>>>>
>>>>> I would welcome ideas on useful resources (including textbooks) which
>>>>> list
>>>>> users have used successfully in helping complete beginners with Stata
>>>>> to
>>>>> learn efficiently how to translate formulae and equations from
>>>>> theoretical
>>>>> statistics into Stata syntax. The new user will be applying formulae
>>>>> within
>>>>> the context of hypothesis testing but using modern methods unavailable
>>>>> through a point-and-click approach.
>>>>>
>>>>> Many thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> Best wishes
>>>>>
>>>>> Margaret
>>>>>
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