Freie Plätze:
Stata (Basic)
The Stata statistical software is increasingly popular among social scientists because it combines the advantages of commercial and free-licensed software. This makes it a perfect tool for research purposes. Yet Stata is not featured as prominently in the curricula of German-speaking universities as it should be. This workshop aims to fill this gap, providing participants with the basic skills to apply Stata individually using specialized methods.
Target Group
Scientists from different disciplines who have a basic knowledge of statistical methods used in empirical social research and who are starting with Stata as their first statistical software or are switching from another software.
Objectives
This workshop is designed to enable participants to conduct and document their own basic statistical analyses using Stata. They will learn how to handle the software and how to use Stata’s basic programming language. The functions and procedures of data management and data analysis will be explained in detail and with the help of practical, interactive exercises. We will use example datasets, but participants will also have the opportunity to work on their own data.
Content
- introduction to the basic features of Stata
- help functions and web resources
- data management (import/export of data, recoding, missing values, labels)
- by-prefix, system variables _n and _N
- documentation of analysis (working with do- and log-files)
- data aggregation and data formats
- uni- and bivariate data analysis and correlation
- simple graphs (histograms, bar charts, scatter plots, box plots)
- introduction to OLS-regression and logistic regression
Literature
- Kohler, Ulrich / Kreuter, Frauke (2012): Data Analysis Using Stata, Stata Press.
- Mitchell, Michael (2012): A Visual Guide to Stata Graphics, Stata Press.
Location, Date and Time
Thursday, 23 November 2017, 9.00 am - 5.00 pm
All registered participants will be informed of the location by email one week before the event.
Fees and Registration
This workshop is open to a limited number of participants. The registration deadline is 09 November 2017.
Please note that you should notify us before the registration deadline if you are unable to attend the workshop. Otherwise the full fee will be charged.
Please let the Personnel Development and Planning Office know if you will not be attending. There are often waiting lists for the workshops, and this will give one of your colleagues the chance to attend. In addition, if we can fill the vacancy with someone from the waiting list, no cancellation charges will apply for you.
To sign up for this workshop, please click "Register" at the bottom of this page. For any further information please contact Elke Rittersbacher (elke.rittersbacher@wu.ac.at, DW 4448).
The course fee is €20.
Trainer
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Dr. Christian Brzinsky-Fay
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