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Stata
Stata on Windows
Stata 9.0 on Windows
Developer: Statacorp
Latest release: 9.2 / July 13, 2006
OS: Windows, Mac OS X, Unix
Use: statistical analysis
License: proprietary
Website: www.stata.com
See also: Stata Center

Stata, created in 1985 by Statacorp, is a statistical program used by many businesses and academic institutions around the world. Most of its users work in research, especially in the fields of economics, sociology, political science, and epidemiology.

Stata's full range of capabilities includes:

  • Data management
  • Statistical analysis
  • Graphics
  • Simulations
  • Custom programming

Stata has become increasingly popular over the years. Its simplicity in design and usage of drop-down menus means that people have found it easier to use compared to many other statistical software packages (e.g. SAS).

[edit] Commonly Used Commands:

  • regress - does an ordinary least squares regression
  • probit - returns results for a probit regression
  • logit - returns results for a logit regression
  • oprobit/ologit - returns results for an ordered probit/logit regression
  • mfx - computes marginal effects and elasticities
  • drop if - drops observations conditional upon the statement
  • gen - generate a new variable
  • rename - rename a variable
  • compress - change the size of variables to use less memory
  • label - label categorical variables
  • ivreg - instrumental variable/2sls regression

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