Time and place:
The course consists of two sessions:
Wednesday November 4th, 10:15-12:00
Thursday November 5th, 10:15-12:00
Update: Due to covid-19 restrictions, the course will be held in Zoom. Further information on how to join will be sent to enrolled participants by e-mail a couple of days before the course starts.
Who is it for?
UiO reseachers and students who want to get started with Stata. The aim is to provide a soft and not-too-technical introduction. Some basic knowledge of statistics and research methodology is useful, but not required.
How do I sign up?
Sign up with this form. You will need a valid user account at UiO.
Important: Participants must have Stata already installed on their PC. The latest version of Stata may be downloaded from winprog.uio.no or macprog.uio.no. Stata is also available remotely on UiO Programkiosk. If you need help with the installation, contact local IT in your department
Datasets
Click on this link to download the example data that we will use.
Contents
The main goals are to
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Get started with Stata
- Learn data management
- Get an overview of how to use Stata for analysis
Topics include: The different Stata windows, opening data files, data set structure, selecting observations, documenting your work, dealing with missing data, descriptive statistics and graphics, example commands for estimation and hypothesis testing, getting help/further studies.
Language
The course will be in English this semester.
Instructor
Knut Waagan, PhD, Data Capture and Collections Management Group, USIT.
Contact information
It is best to send questions about the course to statistikk@usit.uio.no