Section outline

  • Introduction to Statistical Computing

    What is statistical computing and how does it relate to the overall research process? The importance of reproducible research. What is Stata? Stata compared to other statistical software packages. Tour of Stata windows and features.

    Faculty:  Crystal Langlais, Cozie Gwaikolo, Nizar Hakam, Ridhima Jain, Emily Murphy, Eric Smith

    • Lecture Slides:

    • Lecture 1 2021 File
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    • Stata commands from lecture 1 / used in hw 1 2021 File

      Commands covered in Lecture 1 Stata demo

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    • Lecture Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • Lecture 1 2021 Media Resource
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    • Stata L1 demo week 1 2021 Media Resource
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    • Large Group Discussion (Access restricted to registered students): Brief formal review of lecture followed by question and answer discussion. Recorded lecture should be viewed prior to this session.

    • L1 Large Group Session Slides File
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    • Additional Resources:

    • Goodman et al. "Ten Simple Rules for the Care and Feeding of Scientific Data" File
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    • Wilson et. al. "Good enough practices in scientific computing" File
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    • [Book] An Introduction to Stata for Health researchers

      • Ch. 1. Getting started
      • Ch. 4. Command Syntax
      • Ch. 6. Getting data in and out of Stata

    • Stata User's guide 16--Chapters 1, 3, 4

    • Ch1. Read this -- it will help File
    • Ch 3. Resources for Learning and Using Stata File
    • Ch 4. Stata's help and search facilities File
    • Stata 17 User Guide File


    • Assignment:
    • Mini Quiz 1
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    • Assignment 1 File
    • Turn in Assignment 1 here
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      YOU MUST COMPLETE MINI QUIZ 1 IN ORDER TO GAIN ACCESS TO AND SUBMIT YOUR ASSIGNMENT!

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    • Assignment Due Date: 7/27/2021 by 1 pm PST

    • Assignment Answer Key (Access restricted to registered students):

    • HW1 Answer Key File