Stata is a software package designed to perform a variety of data analyses. NGOs commonly use it, and in the realm of academia, it is used in a variety of disciplines.

User-friendly statistical analysis

Some of the things users can do with Stata include organizing data, a variety of statistical analyses, and making regression models.

If you already have a current license for Stata/SE on your computer (purchased after April 31, 2014), you may upgrade to the newest version at no cost. If you purchased your software online with a credit card, visit the OIT Software website and click ‘View software you have ordered’.

• A more detailed account of the history of Stata will be found in Stata Journal, volume 5, number 1 (2005).This special issue includes a capsule account by Nicholas J. Cox with detailed tables of events, key persons, users’ meetings, etc.; the transcript of an interview of William Gould by H. Joseph Newton; and recollections of several Stata users especially active in the early years.
• Stata/SE and Stata/IC differ only in the dataset size that each can analyze. Stata/SE (up to 10,998) and Stata/MP (up to 65,532) can fit models with more independent variables than Stata/IC (up to 798). Stata/SE can analyze up to 2 billion observations. Stata/IC allows datasets with as many as 2,048 variables and 2 billion observations.

Stata is a statistical software package that was created for general use. It is common to find people using this product if they are apart of an NGO or doing a study related to the social sciences.

This statical analysis program has multiple strengths. For starters, the learning curve isn’t as steep as it is with other similar products. If you need help with Stata, there is support given in over 13 languages, including Hindi, Russian, and Spanish. This program is one of the easiest to use when it comes to performing analysis on datasets on one table. Finally, graphs are not only easy to create in this software, but there is a built-in graph editor which allows you to change colors, axis labels, scale, pretty much anything on the graph.

This program does have some quirks to it. The program works well with only one data table. If you try to do analysis involving multiple tables, it is possible, but it’s a fairly complicated process. Another issue is this program doesn’t have a lot of data packages pre-installed, as similar software does.

Where can you run this program?

In addition to Windows, Linux, and Mac operating systems, this product is also available in a web browser.

Is there a better alternative?

Yes R, SAS, MatLab, and SPSS are better than Stata because the scope of what Stata can do is fairly limited. All the other alternatives allow its users to work off of multiple datasheets, which is something lacking in Stata.

Our take

This software is good for people just starting to get into more advanced statistical analysis, and it doesn’t have a steep learning curve when compared to similar products.

Should you download it?

No. Unless you are just starting out with analysis, it’s an easy to use statistical package, but it is really only a step above Microsoft Excel. There are better options.

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The current installed version of Stata is version 12.1. You can start by typing stata in the command prompt, either in the terminals or remotely. If you wish to work interactively using the GUI, just type xstata. Using the GUI interface is strongly discouraged; you should run your works using batch.

Running batch jobs in Stata

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You should type:

This command will run the dofile “dofile.do” and save the output in dofile.log. The ampersand (&) indicates it should run in the background, returning control of the prompt to you. If you plan to log off from your terminal and login back later to retrieve the output you should attach the nohup command at the beginning.

If you plan to log off from your terminal and login back later to retrieve the output you should attach the nohup command at the beginning. Thus you should type something like:

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There’s also a limited number of licences for Stataversion 14 MP. You should get in touch with the Lab Consultant to find out more on how to get access to it

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N.B.: This instructions were written based on notes by Tom Parker with further additions by Andreas Hagemann. It also contains a lot of work done by Richard Hislop. My additions were minimum. Comments are always welcomed, you can send them to srmntbr2@illinois.edu