Useful Links

This post is for those who are interested to learn Stata

In the previous post I talked about why to choose Stata, over other packages that does the same job.

In this post, I talk about resources for learning and mastering Stata, especially the ones that are available for free.

For obvious reasons, learning Stata in a class is the best way to learn. But classes might not be offered in your town, or it can be too costly. This, however, does not mean that you cannot find classes that are free - see this link for instance.

A lot of useful and free resource for learning Stata are available on the internet. There are blogs, such as this one, websites, YouTube videos, and free MOOCs all on the internet. Even though learning online can be challenging, frustrating and boring, these online resources are very useful means of learning, which are fairly new - they were not available some years ago.

I am not going to spend more time writing about the importance of learning on the interest, but provide you the links, which are not only for beginners, but also for those who want to advance their Stata skills:

YOUTUBE VIDEOS AND CHANNELS:

Video Tutorials on Using Stata: Official Stata lecture videos, from StataCorp, by Stata's Senior Statistician Chuck Huber on using Stata. New videos are continually being added. 

Econometrics Academy: Free econometrics materials on the website and YouTube channel, using Stata and other statistical packages. An Introduction to Stata is also available.

MASSIVE OPEN ONLINE COURSES (MOOCs):

Coursera: A for-profit educational technology company that offers different MOOCs in partnership with various universities. It offers some courses that use Stata.

edX: A nonprofit MOOC provider and online platform, edX hosts university-level MOOCs on a wide range of disciplines, including some that uses Stata.

Udacity: A for-profit educational organization offering MOOCs, mainly on vocational courses for professional, such as data analysts.

WEBSITES AND BLOGS:

Stata's official blog: A place to keep up-to-date about all things related to Stata, including not only product announcements, but also tips (and sometimes comments) on other news related to the use of Stata. Recommended for every Stata users.

Stata's facebook page and Google+: Official social media pages, to receive updates from StataCorp. Recommended for every Stata users.

Statalist: Statalist is an independently-moderated forum where Stata users actively exchange information about using and programming Stata. Recommended for advanced Stata users.

Stata Journals: The Stata Journal is a quarterly publication containing articles about statistics, data analysis, teaching methods, and effective use of Stata's language. Recommended for advanced Stata users.

Stata Training: Stata offers various types of training e.g. NetCourses, convenient web-based courses; On-site training, in-depth on-site training taught by Stata experts; Public training, offered at specific locations by Stata experts; Short courses, offered by other institutions than StataCorp at specific locations; and Video tutorials, which is freely available videos on using Stata.

UCLA's Institute for Digital Research and Education - Resources to help you learn and use Stata: An extensive resource of Stata information, including FAQs, learning modules, a quick-reference guide, annotated output, textbook examples, and more. New users may want to visit the Stata Starter Kit section of the website. Don't miss the Stata Web Books and the Movies.

University of North Carolina's Carolina Population Center - Introduction to Stata: 

A function-oriented tutorial, focusing on carrying out tasks in Stata. It works up from basic tasks to the complex tasks such as loops.

Princeton University's German Rodriguez - Stata Tutorial: A brief and informative introduction to Stata including data management and graphics. There are also some nice notes on fitting generalized linear models using Stata.

University of Notre Dame's Richard Williams - Stata Highlights: In addition to excerpts from Graduate Statistics I and Graduate Statistics II, the site provide highlights the use of Stata for solving various problems from the Graduate Statistics I and II.

Universität Siegen's Wolfgang Ludwig-Mayerhofer - Internet Guide to Stata: A brief guide to Stata for Windows.

University of Manchester's Mark Lunt - Statistical Modelling in Stata: Lecture notes, exercises and solutions for an introductory statistics course on basic statistical inference.

University of Michigan's Andy Grogan-Kaylor - Two Page Stata: An overview of introduction to Stata in two pages.

University of Münster, Institute for Economic Education's Tobias Pfaff - Statistical Tests Overview: A useful table assisting in how to choose the correct statistical test - what statistical test to choose. A Brief Introduction to Stata with 50+ Basic Commands: An introduction to Stata.

Boston College's Christopher F. Baum - Introduction to Stata: A document describing Stata, its key features and benefits, and other useful information.

Syracuse University - Stata Tutorial: Lessons on data management and time series within Stata.

University of Essex, Institute for Social and Economic Research's Stephen Jenkins- Survival Analysis with Stata: Lessons, programs, do-files, and a PDF book about survival analysis in Stata.

University of Wisconsin's Adam Jacobs - Stata on a Mac: Tips on using Stata, both general and Mac-specific. (Last update May 28, 2008)

LSE's Alexander C. Lembcke - Introduction to Stata: An introduction to Stata and various commands. (2009, Stata 10)

Universitat Pompeu Fabra's Kurt Schmidheiny - Short Guides to Microeconometrics (with Stata commands): Microeconometrics class notes for use with Stata 10 and R.