Full Description
Using Stata for Quantitative Analysis, Second Edition offers a brief, but thorough introduction to analyzing data with Stata software. It can be used as a reference for any statistics or methods course across the social, behavioural, and health sciences since these fields share a relatively similar approach to quantitative analysis. In this book, the author teaches the language of Stata from an intuitive perspective, furthering students' overall retention and allowing a student with no experience in statistical software to work with data in a very short amount of time. AncillariesStudent online study site provides data so readers can follow along with chapter examples and complete end-of-chapter exercises.
Contents
Part IChapter 1: Getting to Know StataWhat You SeeGetting Started With Data FilesChapter 2: The EssentialsIntuition and Stata CommandsThe Structure of Stata CommandsThe 5 Essential CommandsNonessential, Everyday CommandsChapter 3: Do Files and Data ManagementWhat Is a Do File?Data ManagementPart II: Quantitative Analysis With StataChapter 4: Descriptive StatisticsFrequency DistributionsMeasures of Central Tendency and VariabilityChapter 5: Relationships Between Nominal and Ordinal VariablesCross-TabulationsChapter 6: Relationships Between Different Measurement LevelsTesting MeansAnalysis of Variance (ANOVA)Chapter 7: Relationships Between Interval-Ratio VariablesCorrelationLinear RegressionChapter 8: Enhancing Your Command RepertoireStata Help FilesAdvanced Convenience CommandsExpanding Stata's CapabilitiesAppendix A: Getting to Know StataAppendix B: Getting to Know StataChapter Exercise Solutions"How To" Index
