Getting Started With Stata

A First Course in Data Analysis

What you'll learn

Being able to use Stata (Version 17 and older versions) with confidence

Develop a solid understanding of data analysis

Getting started with coding in Stata (do-files)

Learn about descriptive and regression analyses, which account for about 80% (or more) of consulting or policy-focused empirical research

Requirements

No prior knowledge of data analysis is needed

No priot knowledge of Stata is required

Description

This course is introductory. It is a short (5hr 41min) course that gets you started in Stata and Data Analysis. Hence, I do not expect that you have any background in data analysis, statistics or econometrics.Here are the Learning Outcomes.After completing this course, you will be able to use Stata with confidence. We will focus on version 17 – but older versions of Stata will be perfectly fine.You will develop a solid understanding of applied Data Analysis, including data wrangling, outlier detection, and regression analysis.And finally, you will get exposure to coding in Stata. This refers to so-called do-files, which are amazing for replicating your workflow.The course is organised into six sections, starting with an introduction. Then we move into Data Wrangling, focusing on data imports, merging and transformations. I will teach you how to use do-files to simplify your workflows. Then, we explore our data using Descriptive Analysis. And section 5 introduces Regression Analysis.I believe that these techniques will be sufficient for most applied work in social science. I promise that the course is very applied and provides a hands-on experience in data analysis.In total, there are 25 videos or more – as I will continue adding content depending on your feedback. The course also contains 4 exercises with guidance, which will help you to practise the tools discussed.Enjoy the Joy of Data Analysis!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 S1 Course Introduction

Lecture 2 S2 Why should you learn Stata?

Lecture 3 S3 How to get Stata?

Lecture 4 S4 The Purpose of Data Analysis

Section 2: Data Wrangling

Lecture 5 S5 Working with dta files

Lecture 6 S6 Data Structures

Lecture 7 S7 Importing csv files

Lecture 8 S8 Importing Excel files

Lecture 9 S9 Compatibility Issues

Lecture 10 S10 Merging

Lecture 11 S11 Append

Section 3: Workflows

Lecture 12 S13 Do files

Lecture 13 S14 Loops

Lecture 14 S15 Expand

Section 4: Descriptive Analysis

Lecture 15 S17 Labels

Lecture 16 S18 Missing values

Lecture 17 S19 Summary statistics

Lecture 18 S20 Outliers

Lecture 19 S21 Transformations

Lecture 20 S22 Exporting Tables

Section 5: Regression Analysis

Lecture 21 S24 Theory

Lecture 22 S25 Implementation in Stata

Lecture 23 S26 Regression Tables

Section 6: Next Steps

Lecture 24 S28 Your Journey

This course is for beginners who are new to data analysis,If you want to learn Stata, this course is a perfect fit