A Gentle Introduction to Stata, 2nd Edition: 2nd Edition » (2nd Edition)

Providing the basic collection of statistical procedures used by social scientists, A Gentle Introduction to Stata, Second Edition presents the fundamental tools to learn Stata. The book begins with showing how to enter and manage data as well as perform basic descriptive statistics and graphical analysis. It then examines standard statistical procedures from a t test, nonparametric tests, measures of association, multiple regression, and logical regression. The book ends with guidelines for future work and advanced topics. This learning source is an excellent introduction for those with little statistical software experience while also a useful reference for more knowledgeable statisticians by offering a detailed index of commands.

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1 Getting started 1

2 Entering data 19

3 Preparing data for analysis 41

4 Working with commands, do-files, and results 65

5 Descriptive statistics and graphs for one variable 83

6 Statistics and graphs for two categorical variables 109

7 Tests for one or two means 131

8 Bivariate regression and correlation 161

9 Analysis of variance 183

10 Multiple regression 219

11 Logistic regression 259

12 Measurement, reliability, and validity 283

13 Appendix: What's next? 315

References 321

Author index 323

Subject index 325