Learning Stata: A Structured Plan
1. Introduction to Stata
- Understanding the Stata interface
- Command syntax and do-files
- Using the help system and documentation
2. Data Management
- Importing and exporting data (Excel, CSV, etc.)
- Managing datasets (merge, append, reshape)
- Labeling variables and values
- Generating and modifying variables
3. Descriptive Statistics & Data Exploration
- Summary statistics (mean, median, standard deviation, etc.)
- Tabulations and frequency distributions
- Graphing and visualizations (histograms, scatter plots, box plots)
4. Data Cleaning and Preparation
- Handling missing values
- Duplicates and outliers
- String and date manipulation
- Creating and managing subsets