Introductory STATA workshop

[@alicia696]

Best Stata tutorial EVER! Extremely clear and helpful! Thank you for this wonderful work!

[@DavidBraudt]

I'm glad you enjoyed the video and more importantly that it helped introduce you to Stata!

[@derricknyombi6707]

how do i access the new website where the link is they have changed it

[@DavidBraudt]

Since BYU has moved things around I uploaded everything you need to my personal website: davidbraudt.com/stata-videos/

[@malizganimhango]

@@DavidBraudt where can i find the data set you have used on this video

[@malizganimhango]

@@DavidBraudt the website is giving a page not found error

[@mayankj7212]

Best video on STATA for starters! Highly recommend!

[@mickardostreete1811]

@David Braudt Just want to say a big thank you I wish you were my lecturer. Very Grateful for your videos. Thanks again

[@Pickett1312]

In two weeks, we'll be celebrating the 10th anniversary of this most beautiful STATA tutorial.🎉🙌🏾🇿🇲

[@studymzw]

Was so clueless and this is a brilliant tutorial. I was worried the links would not work but i realised everything was still applicable except the command fie but i was still able to follow by just typing the correct command. I feel i am ready to try work on the data set i have. Thank you very much.

[@n1o2u3h4h]

Thank you very much for this comprehensive video. Each and every word is really very useful. Indeed, I am a new self learning user of stata. So I was looking for videos explaining the program using drop down manus. However, after finding this video, I think every thing has become clear. Many thanks again Mr. David. It is really a great job.

[@billowabdi6346]

Thanks so much Mr David. I enjoyed your tutorial. Good job Mr. You have made Stata look easy for me. I really appreciate.

[@sheriffamonroe6486]

I cannot express how much i appreciate you ...you have saved me . Thank you , thank you , thank you

[@opolotbryan5553]

Extremely useful video especially for starters like myself, gets you started right from the basics, very helpful. good job guys, a huge thumbs up!

[@Ignoramus.et.Ignorabimus]

Hi David, Many thanks for the Stata video. Cheers!

[@mebrahatommedhane1550]

Helpful tutorial. Thanks David.

[@josephmbavai1270]

I have been searching for such videos online, thanks David Braudt for this. As a beginner, it is really helpful.

[@joannemarius6945]

literally the best into ever...

[@hailayabrhagesesew1648]

A very interesting lecture. You made to love stata.....Thank you David.

[@musasillah-kanu8777]

This video is very useful. I learnt a lot about Stata and I will continue listening to it.

[@annacruz1720]

Excellent introduction video, thank you!

[@honeyagarwal3238]

Thank you David!

[@nathansamora4843]

I found learning with this tutorial so enjoyable and helpful! Thank you for your work.

[@lennardweidner9088]

Awesome video, super helpfull and well structured!

[@claradelossantos243]

Thank you so so so much!!! Best stata tutorial I've encountered yet!

[@pavanmuttepawar5696]

Thank you very much, very useful... grateful for your efforts:)

[@achilleasboukis5233]

well done David!!! your presentation was quite useful to get to know Stata basics!

[@shanmohammad4193]

I enjoyed a lot your session on stata I really appreciated your efforts that you put to carry out this wonderful lecture on stata and you deserve more than my words.

[@gchimeca10]

Excellent introduction to Stata, thanks a lot!

[@sanimuhammad9931]

Fantastic tutorial. Thanks for you effort.

[@saturday4sansan]

such a great stata tutorial for beginners.THUMBS UP!

[@visegrado4635]

Very well paced and explained.

[@otgondugee1403]

It's been very helpful. Many thanks

[@nargesmashhadinejad1362]

Thank you. Fantastic video!

[@lalanthajansz2430]

I learned a lot from this excellent video .Thank you

[@amonoracheal9118]

Best introduction to stata, thank you

[@Evinadilemin]

Thank you for the useful video.

[@eugeniamihalache8642]

good job! Thank You! You saved my life!

[@fatmatabah8305]

Thanks very much. I don't know how I would have gotten my foot on to state why out your video.

[@ΒασίληςΚουτσούγερας]

Thank you very much. This helped me a lot in my project! Subscribed!

[@aravindkumar24]

This was very helpful. Thank you!!

[@CrazyGonzalez]

Really well done! Thank you for such a clear tutorial. Would also love to have the advanced stata and intermediate stata files and powerpoints if possible.

[@JonFox1945]

***Skip to **1:11:00** for Linear Regression (Data Analysis)*** **Skip to **1:03:56** for Descriptive Statistics ***

[@rafayetunnabi9117]

Your tutorial was a great help to me as a beginner. Can you please suggest or provide link to intermediate and advanced level stata. That would be a great help. Thanks

[@DavidBraudt]

Sorry, I don't have any suggestions at this time, but I have made a few other videos on general data management and manipulation. Feel free to check those out. Also, Stata's official webpage has some great tutorials as well. HTH.

[@rafayetunnabi9117]

@@DavidBraudt thanks for your reply. I'll definitely check them out

[@isabiryebosco1655]

Hi am happy to have seen this. am always looking fir a way to learn these software to foster my career. i need to learn these in depth. thank you.

[@angelespinoza4985]

Thanks David!

[@Sohailquyyom8180]

very very useful please share more for prefeciency in stata

[@mehranaudus9756]

Great video! Thank you !

[@WaayoArag.]

Thank you.

[@MM-kt7dc]

It was amazing, thank you!

[@krabbypatty6896]

Hi! Thanks a lot. This video is so helpful.

[@danishahmadmsw]

Thanks David

[@oliviastrijd]

You are great! Thank you much!

[@Shadowmystery574]

nice very informative! very helpful thanks for sharing!

[@sadiqabubakar5490]

i am new to Stata app but i hope this video will help me to know more about the application

[@florentnkouaga7399]

That is so helpful! many thanks

[@scuba9891]

Wow, bravo

[@bezaeshetu5454]

Thank you. nice and clear

[@GooGleTranding]

very very very helpful, but plz zoom your do file so it can be easier to see the typing

[@allanadellmkandawire9446]

Good stuff, really helpful

[@varunmiglani208]

thanks very much, it was very useful

[@bd_truth_teller]

Hey the .dta file wont open, it says it isn't in stata format, any idea why?

[@DavidBraudt]

Typically, that error occurs when either the file path (where the file is stored on the computer) or the file name are incorrect. To check the file path, navigate to the file on your computer, right click on the file and then click on "properties." With the file properties displayed you should see a line that says something to the effect of "file location." Make sure that the file path from the file properties matches either: (1) the file path in the use command or (2) the working directory (i.e., the file path depicted at the bottom left of the stata window). Then check that the file name is correctly written (.dta and all). I hope this helps.

[@brunlucvc4862]

very helpful. thanks a much

[@fokita10]

Hello, I'm from Peru and I'm trying to learn STATA with your videos, but I can't download the files (entrance, flavor2). I would appreciate your help. See you

[@DavidBraudt]

Hi Juniors, so I just checked and the University servers are down. So, as soon as they are back up and running the files should be there are well. Sorry for the inconvenience.

[@fokita10]

It's fine. I will wait and thanks for your answer.

[@matchmerchant]

quite helpful as a refresher. thanks hey :D

[@lucasabera1679]

Hey! Could you please help how I could calculate the z-scores using the 2006 WHO child growth standards! Adds: I have information/data on age, height and weight of children below 5 years old from a two waves of panel data set!

[@fazlullahfazli2955]

this is good video, thank you

[@PrimalMK]

Hi David. Brilliant intro course. Have you made or intend to make any videos on the intermediate course? Would be wonderful to follow up on what I learned from this video.

[@DavidBraudt]

I am glad that the video helped you. I have made a few topical videos that are segments from the intermediate workshop. But, it has been awhile since I have made any new videos. If you look at my channel you can see all of the topics that I have covered.

[@ryanzd522]

Hi David, would you please provide a link for the visualization files? They are not on BYU site anymore. Thanks in advance.

[@vishubhatnagar8638]

Hi David, whenever I am trying to import file in stata program. I am getting the following error: C:\Users\VISHUB~1\AppData\Local\Temp\STD50c4_000000.tmp. I am following each steps from 8:00 minutes onwards in the video till 15:00 minutes but still its showing me the following error in the command window.

[@ThaUnpronounceable]

I have got a little question about one of the final sections of the video. When you input the predict command, it automatically assumes you want to predict the GPA scores. How does STATA know? Cheers, and thank you for making this incredible video!

[@DavidBraudt]

The predict command uses the regression coefficients from the last model estimated to produce a variable containing the predicted value of the outcome (dependent) variable for that last model. So, in this case we'd just estimated a linear regression with GPA as the outcome variable; thus, when we use the predict command STATA uses the regression coefficients from our model to predict the GPA values. If we ran two regression commands, say one predicting GPA and the other predicting college attendance, the predict command would generate predicted values for whichever model was estimated last. I'm glad you found the video helpful and I hope the above answers your question.

[@Orinas67]

Thank's for your great tutorial, where can I find the pdf with all the commands on a table like you have on your video ? I searched on your website but did not find it !

[@DavidBraudt]

Im glad you found the tutorial helpful. You can find the link for the pdf under "Introductory Stata Worlshop" listed as "Command List" on the Stata Resources page of my website. Here davidbraudt.com/stata-resources/ HTH

[@ashishstat]

Thanks for sharing excellent videos for learners of stata. Can u tell why egen command is also calculating sum for females though it has resctricted to males only

[@DavidBraudt]

Ashish Bandhu , what line of syntax are you referring to?

[@ashishstat]

egen nm=sum(gender==2), by(age) video at 36min if gender=2 refers to males then why it calculates sum for females (gender==1) Thanks for reply

[@sophosalpha]

what a way to explain!!

[@ljlew613]

I downloaded the entrance.txt from the new link and it has 9 columns of numbers instead of 8. It's causing the candy cane affect in the data. When I add in a dummy variable name to account for the 9th column, the numbers don't have the candy cane affect because the id, gender, age, gpa columns seem fine, but the act, sat, actsat, and athlete columns are off. How can I account for this 9th column of numbers, so I can basically ignore it and have it not affect the table? Thank you.

[@DavidBraudt]

Hi Lauren, thank you for pointing that out. I don't know how another column was added to the text file, but an updated version of the file has been posted to my website.

[@ljlew613]

Even if there was another column (9 columns total), just curious--do you know why editing the command to include the extra column label such as "infile id gender age gpa act sat actsat athlete race using whateverfile" still messes up the last 4 columns of data? Thank you for your replies.

[@DavidBraudt]

It shouldn't. When I looked at the file I did exactly that and it imported just fine. Also, as of Stata 13 the "infile" command was replaced with "import delimited" which will no longer allow users to make the error of not listing a variable in the variable list of the "infile" command. I made the video prior to the new command so I don't mention it, additionally "infile" will still work since Stata allows old commands to continue to function. The syntax with the import command is: import delimited id gender age gpa act sat actsat athlete using "filename"

[@ljlew613]

Got it. Thanks for the info. I appreciate your help.

[@GiorgiTsutskiridze1990]

Hi David, Thank you very much for this video. I have also understood what you explained here, but just to tel you as a note: I have just downloaded entrance.txt that saves as entrance-1.txt from your webpage and it still contains 9 columns.

[@atxvet]

So...the website looks totally different now, and I don't see the workshop link anywhere. Bummer.

[@DavidBraudt]

The website should be very similar to what it shows in the video. I updated the website last year so it look s little different, but as of writing this comment the workshop tab is still there. ... if you continue having issues you might try using a different browser

[@DavidBraudt]

Everything is back up and working... although if you find any more mistakes feel free to leave a comment. I went in and uploaded all the files again and reset some sharing limits that had been changed by another site admin by mistake.

[@Lazmoq]

+David Braudt I am not able to find the file "entrance.dta" on your webpage. I am only able to download entrance.txt and flavor2.csv May you help me?

[@NabrajLama]

Can you please slowly state the website name or put it somewhere the web address. i am listening it for many times but couldn't catch it

[@aminkengleke8848]

Hi David, Very good video-thanks. I was not able to open the 'Entrance.dta' file, I kept having an error message from stata saying the file is not a stata file.

[@evangelinewanyama8717]

Can one upload excel data directly from the desktop, and still work on the do file?

[@DavidBraudt]

Import excel using [insert path to file], sheet([insert sheet name you want to import])

[@evangelinewanyama8717]

@@DavidBraudt thank you, and for the tutorial too. I was was able to run data on my own, just in one day! With this intro module. Looking foward to the rest of the modules.

[@mehedihasanshovon5133]

the command list provided in this video do not match with the website. what can i do?

[@mdmotahar418]

Hi I liked your intro workshop video and I see there are intermediate and advanced. Are there similar youtube videos? Thanks

[@DavidBraudt]

I have a few videos that cover sections if the intermediate workshop up. Visit my channel and you can see all of the videos. ... my intention has always been to make more, so with any luck I'll get more out soon

[@ericknganzi398]

I can't see anything on the screen. You can't zoom ??

[@yigeremterefe6526]

how can I run Hacman's two stage model in spss and stata?

[@annepeters3361]

"I downloaded the entrance.txt from the new link and it has 9 columns of numbers instead of 8. It's causing the candy cane affect in the data. When I add in a dummy variable name to account for the 9th column, the numbers don't have the candy cane affect because the id, gender, age, gpa columns seem fine, but the act, sat, actsat, and athlete columns are off. How can I account for this 9th column of numbers, so I can basically ignore it and have it not affect the table?" I am having the same problem with the dataset, even with the new link on your website to the .txt file. How can I fix this? Thank you. in advance!

[@annepeters3361]

I already know what is going on, the race variable is missing. If you add 'race' to the infile command, there is no problem. Thank you

[@DavidBraudt]

Hi Anne, Thank you for letting me know about the inconsistency. Somewhere in the file transfers it must have been changed. I went ahead and updated the file so that the video would match the data set.

[@francisk.cooper9596]

Is the command list different? I couldn't find the command list in this video on the website.

[@DavidBraudt]

It's on my personal website linked to in the description

[@kennedymuimi4211]

Exactly, the same issue here. I'm getting a different one too

[@owarojuato9126]

I want to know how to enter manual data in to stata b/c I am new to this program

[@morora7970]

Hi! i really want to go thru the vid and learn stata, but the links in the description box are not longer available, so i cant access to the files. Can somebody help me with that?

[@DavidBraudt]

Sorry about that. My web hosting server went down and I had to fix some code files. Everything should be back up and working now.

[@jayanta6701]

1000th like

[@ahmedsalekin4587]

Hi David, Thanks in advance. BYU website you recommended is under maintenance. How can i get data set files?

[@DavidBraudt]

Try my personal website. Full link in the video description.

[@ahmedsalekin4587]

@@DavidBraudt Your are a Hero to me man!.. Best of luck for your life.

[@mahzaibyounas2106]

Please make a video for dummy variable in stata

[@MrAaksahoo]

Pls provide the data set entrance. dta. As in the website, on clicking on the file, stata 12 installer starts getting installed not the data file. I already have stata 12. Pls pls

[@DavidBraudt]

I just checked and the datafile (both csv and dta) downloaded fine for me. ... make sure you are using the correct website: davidbraudt.com/stata-resources/ and try again

[@RaihanAkhter]

Hey can anyone help me? I am not able to execute the first program at 15:41. it says invalid syntax.

[@DavidBraudt]

Raihan Akhter I'd recheck your code for typos and then try to run it again... also, if you are copying and pasting from a Microsoft Word file there are likely formatting differences and it's best to retype the code directly into the do file editor.

[@Nauryzka]

Hi David, I have got a problem with a forval function and Stata tells me that i have an error 612, unexpected ending; tried to solve the problem with different ways by adding extras thing such as #delimited. *EDIT: Add location of first exogenous account scalar exo = 1/27 * EDIT: Need to change ranges in all "forval" commands so as to match the location of such accounts. * Production forval x = 1/16 { * Factors forval x = 17/21 { * Institutions forval x = 22/24 { * Exogenous forval x = 25/27 { can u help me to solve that?)

[@DavidBraudt]

+Nauryz Baizakov , the code you posted doesn't really work (i.e. it is incomplete). If that is the actual code you are using then you need to add ending "}" for each loop. If the above is not really your code here is my primary method for diagnosing errors in loops: Use various display commands after segments of code within your loop to help you identify when the loop fails. For example, forval x = 1/20 { di in red "Stop 1" *code that you actually care about here* foreach v of varlist v1-v20 { di in red "Stop 2" *again, actual code here* } di in red "Stop 3" } In the above I have three distinct display commands that will appear as Stata runs through the loop. If the loop (actually two loops) are successful then you will see three separate "Stop X", where X = 1, 2, and 3, in red text in the output window. If, however you only see one or two you know where Stata is executing code in your loop and where it isn't. The more of such display commands you use the more accuracy in identifying where the error is, but I would recommend using them strategically in places you think are problematic first and then refining the area.

[@calvindo2525]

Where can we find the Basic Stata cheat sheet that you have open?

[@DavidBraudt]

Click on the link in the video description. The first video on my website if the introductory video with all of the accompanying files.

[@derricknyombi6707]

hello braudt, which one is the new website?

[@JonFox1945]

Just a heads up for anyone else running into this problem. Make sure your file directory doesn't have any spaces. For example if you save your files to a folder called "STATA practice", make sure to rename it "STATA_Practice" I'm not undermining intelligence, just an honest error that can happen to anyone.

[@DavidBraudt]

Thanks for posting TWS. To be explicit, Stata will break at any white spaces. Consequently, text that has a space in it must be between double quotes (i.e. "something here"), whereas text without any white spaces can be specified without the double quotes (i.e. something_here).

[@DavidBraudt]

Thanks for posting TWS. To be explicit, Stata will break at any white spaces. Consequently, text that has a space in it must be between double quotes (i.e. "something here"), whereas text without any white spaces can be specified without the double quotes (i.e. something_here).

[@mihirparekh9285]

I opened the entrance.dta file in Stata and I still get an error message telling me that the file isn't Stata format! What do I do? I've checked the file path, directory, everything!

[@DavidBraudt]

I just downloaded the file and opened it using the following command: use C:\Users\Braudt\Downloads\Entrance.dta, clear You will need to change the directory path to wherever you've saved the dataset.

[@mihirparekh9285]

The directory path is exactly where the other two files are placed. Stata opens the other two files seamlessly, but it doesn't recognize Entrance.dta!

[@DavidBraudt]

I'm sorry you're having trouble Mihir.... You might try using the drop-down menus (File -> Open -> Navigate to file and click open) to load the file and see if that solves anything. Failing that, I would recommend re-downloading the file and trying again. I tried downloading the file from two different browsers and it worked fine, so I'm not sure what might be causing the issue on your end.... My best guess is that it has something to do with how your computer is saving the file, or what file types Stata recognizes. ... This might be the case if you are using a previous version of Stata (e.g. Stata 11 or older) Also, you can do everything using the entrance.txt file since the underlying data are identical. The example of loading the data with the "use" command is just there for instructive purposes.

[@mihirparekh9285]

Hey David, no trouble at all. Just went through the whole video with the entrance.txt data and it worked wonderfully. Thanks so much for this introductory session, hope to practice some more so I can take the advanced workshop!

[@nyceric95]

I cant find the command list

[@deborahhyden4239]

the only file available is the entrance.txt file and the data therein bears no resemblance to that in your video.

[@DavidBraudt]

did you try at: braudt.web.unc.edu

[@deborahhyden4239]

+David Braudt Yep, that's where I downloaded it from... it appears to be missing one of the variable names, but I eventually found the files at BYC. Thank you :-)

[@deborahhyden4239]

+Deborah Hyden Just in case anyone else is having trouble getting the data - here is a link - fhssrsc.byu.edu/SitePages/Stata%20Workshops.aspx

[@DavidBraudt]

+Deborah Hyden I'm glad you were able to find the files.... I just checked and was able to download both the entrance.txt and the flavor2.csv without any problems from braudt.web.unc.edu. the entrance.txt file also appeared to have all the correct variables..... did you follow the link for entrance.txt file and advice for downloading it? What browser are you using?

[@DavidBraudt]

The entrance.dta file however is still missing at braudt.web.unc.edu.... the university's Web publishing arm currently won't allow .dta files

[@derricknyombi6707]

how do i access the new link from the new website, since they have changed

[@DavidBraudt]

derrick nyombi the link in the description should have what you need.

[@dylanbellisle1680]

The text file is not on the website anymore. is there a way to get this file?

[@DavidBraudt]

+Dylan Bellisle, I will check with the people at BYU and see what is happening. It looks like they hired some new consultants and changed the introductory and intermediate workshop format. If I can't find something useful there I will post the files to my personal website.

[@DavidBraudt]

+Dylan Bellisle It took me awhile to get access to the original files, but I added them to my personal website so they are now available again.

[@kennedymuimi4211]

Looks like the IP address changed. I'm not getting the same command file

[@DavidBraudt]

I just checked using the links in the video description and everything worked for me... not sure what is causing the issue you are getting

[@kevin_mcgee]

be carefuk always check data!

[@AmbermotoblogBlogspot]

Who worked in Stata. Help me, please