Section outline

  • Lecture: 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:  Amanda Irish

    • Live Interactive Discussion: Zoom URL. Brief formal review of lecture followed by question and answer discussion. Recorded lecture should be viewed prior to this session.

    • Lecture Slides:

    • Course info and syllabus 2020 - updated 07.25.20 File
    • Lecture 1 2020 File
    • Stata commands from lecture 1 / used in hw 1 2020 File

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

    • Course overview and syllabus 2020 Media Resource
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    • Lecture 1 2020 Media Resource
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    • Stata demo week 1 2020 Media Resource
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    • Recommended readings:

    • Goodman et al. "Ten Simple Rules for the Care and Feeding of Scientific Data" File
      Students must
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    • Wilson et. al. "Good enough practices in scientific computing" File
      Students must
      View

    • [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


    • Assignment:
    • Mini Quiz 1
      Students must
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    • Assignment 1 File
    • Turn in Assignment 1 here
      Students must
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      Make a submission

    • Assignment Due Date: 8/4/2020 by 1 pm PDT

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

    • Assignment 1 answer key File
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