MIT: Independent Activities Period: IAP

IAP 2017



Data Management in Stata

Ista Zahn, Statistical Trainer

Jan/20 Fri 01:00PM-04:00PM 1-115

Enrollment: Limited: Advance sign-up required
Prereq: Familiarity with Stata (such as the Intro. workshop)

This class will introduce common data management techniques in Stata.  Topics covered include basic data manipulation commands such as: recoding variables, creating new variables, working with missing data, and generating variables based on complex selection criteria.  Participants will be introduced to strategies for merging datasets (adding both variables and observations), and collapsing datasets.

Prerequisite: This workshop is intended for users who have an introductory level of knowledge of Stata software.

For current MIT students, faculty, and staff only. Athena login required to access the software.

Register here: http://libcal.mit.edu/event.php?id=842830

Sponsor(s): Libraries
Contact: Jennie Murack, 7-238, 617 258-6680, MURACK@MIT.EDU