Providing the basic collection of statistical procedures used by social scientists, A Gentle Introduction to Stata, Second Edition presents the fundamental tools to learn Stata. The book begins with showing how to enter and manage data as well as perform basic descriptive statistics and graphical analysis. It then examines standard statistical procedures from a t test, nonparametric tests, measures of association, multiple regression, and logical regression. The book ends with guidelines for future work and advanced topics. This learning source is an excellent introduction for those with little statistical software experience while also a useful reference for more knowledgeable statisticians by offering a detailed index of commands.
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Alan Acock is a University Distinguished Professor and Knudson Chair for Family Research at Oregon State University. He is married with four children and addicted to bicycling. Alan is the recipient of several awards including the Alumni Distinguished Professor Award from Oregon State University and the Osborne Award from the National Council on Family Relations--both awards for mentoring students.There are two areas of writing. One is understanding family life and intergenerational influence. The other is making statistical analysis accessible to social scientists.
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This is the book I have been waiting for! It assumes no prior knowledge of STATA and goes step-by-step through practical exercises that a person handling data would need to do in everyday work. This book would have helped me a ton during my graduate courses, as I did not have any formal introduction to STATA and pieced together commands from various books and websites. Thank you, Alan Acock and STATA Press, for recognizing that not everyone is innately adept at programming. If you are a beginner or find yourself spinning your wheels with commands, this book is what you need.
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As a PhD student,I found this book quite usefull.This book is great and easy to read.It gives you as much as you need in shortest time.If you don't have enough experince using statistical softwares such as R or SAS or any other advanced packages this book would be very helpful.
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clear simple step by step guide to learn stata,
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Indispensible adjunct to my biostat classes where the professors never have time to teach stata but expect us to use it for assignments. The examples used are easy to understand. There are brief explanation on the abbreviations of commands. More than a technical book on stata commands, the explanation on statiscal tests are very helpful for beginners.
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