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| Date/Time | Activity | Topic/Content | Faculty | Locations |
| Tues 8/4/2009 1:15 PM-2:45 PM | Lecture | Introduction to STATA What is STATA? Role of STATA in comparison to Microsoft Access and Microsoft Excel. Comparison with other statistical software packages. Tour of STATA windows and features. How to run a command and get results. How to load STATA dataset. How to begin describing and analyzing your data with STATA.Required Reading:
Note/Slide Files: Course_Overview_2009.doc (82 KB) Lecture 1 - Intro to Stata.ppt (63 KB) Assignment Files: Final Project.doc (34 KB) How to decipher Stata commands.doc (28 KB) List of commands.doc (47 KB) Using the Stata Server with RDP.doc (225 KB) | M Pletcher | CB 6702 |
| Tues 8/4/2009 3:00 PM-4:00 PM | Lab | Lab session Complete Lab 1: Practice loading and analyzing a dataset with STATAAssignment: Assignment Files: Lab 1.doc (63 KB) STATA Files: Coronary Calcium.dta (408 KB) | U TBA U TBA | CB 6702 CB 6704 |
| Tues 8/11/2009 1:15 PM-2:45 PM | Lecture | Do files, log files, and workflow in STATA Workflow for a research project; the importance of documentation and replicability; using Do and Log files. Importing and cleaning data.Required Reading:
Note/Slide Files: Lecture 2 - Do, log, workflow.ppt (508 KB) | M Pletcher | CB 6702 |
| Tues 8/11/2009 3:00 PM-4:00 PM | Lab | Lab session Complete Lab 2: Do and Log file exercise Start Lab 3: Load data from Excel, set up do/log filesAssignment: Assignment Files: Lab 2.doc (53 KB) | U TBA U TBA | CB 6702 CB 6704 |
| Tues 8/18/2009 1:15 PM-2:45 PM | Lecture | Generating variables and manipulating data with STATA The need to clean your data; generating new variables, manipulating and labeling themRequired Reading:
Note/Slide Files: Lecture 3 - Generating vars, manip data.ppt (172 KB) | M Pletcher | CB 6702 |
| Tues 8/18/2009 3:00 PM-4:00 PM | Lab | Lab session Complete Lab 3: Generate, manipulate, and label new variables, finish do and log filesAssignment: Assignment Files: Intoxication.xls (131 KB) Lab 3.doc (85 KB) | U TBA U TBA | CB 6702 CB 6704 |
| Tues 8/25/2009 1:15 PM-2:45 PM | Lecture | Using Excel The difference between a spreadsheet and a database; what is a formula; how to make a formula; cutting and pasting in Excel; different types of formulas; building a user-friendly spreadsheet; using Excel for Tables and Figures.Required Reading: Note/Slide Files: Lecture 4 - Using Excel.ppt (50 KB) | M Pletcher | CB 6702 |
| Tues 8/25/2009 3:00 PM-4:00 PM | Lab | Lab session Complete Lab 4: Practice using Excel for repetitive and/or complex calculations, and for a simple figureAssignment: Assignment Files: Lab 4 Extra Credit Puzzler.doc (31 KB) Lab 4.doc (44 KB) | U TBA U TBA | CB 6702 CB 6704 |
| Tues 9/1/2009 1:15 PM-2:45 PM | Lecture | Basic epidemiologic analysis with STATA Using the epitab commands in STATA; interpretation of STATA output; looking for confounding and interaction using STATA; testing for trends, and an introduction to logistic regression.Required Reading:
Note/Slide Files: Lecture 5 - Epi Analysis.ppt (189 KB) | M Pletcher | CB 6702 |
| Tues 9/1/2009 3:00 PM-4:00 PM | Lab | Lab session Complete Lab 5: Practice epidemiologic analysis of a clean datasetAssignment: Assignment Files: Lab 5.doc (73 KB) | U TBA U TBA | CB 6702 CB 6704 |
| Tues 9/8/2009 1:15 PM-2:45 PM | Lecture | Dates, Loops, etc. How to use STATA’s graphical commands to create a publication-quality figure; How to write loops and other advanced programming tipsRequired Reading:
Note/Slide Files: Lecture 6, part 0 - Intro.ppt (38 KB) Lecture 6, part 1 - Making a Figure.pdf (458 KB) Lecture 6, part 2 - Dates, etc.ppt (354 KB) Dataset Files: Lecture 6, part 2 - practicedates.xls (26 KB) | J Cocohoba | CB 6702 |
| Tues 9/8/2009 1:15 PM-2:45 PM | Lecture | Making a figure with STATA How to use STATA’s graphical commands to create a publication-quality figure; How to write loops and other advanced programming tipsRequired Reading:
Note/Slide Files: Lecture 6, part 0 - Intro.ppt (38 KB) Lecture 6, part 1 - Making a Figure.pdf (458 KB) Lecture 6, part 2 - Dates, etc.ppt (354 KB) Dataset Files: Lecture 6, part 2 - practicedates.xls (26 KB) | A Choi | CB 6702 |
| Tues 9/8/2009 3:00 PM-4:00 PM | Lab | Lab session Complete Lab 6: Create publication-quality figures with StataAssignment: Assignment Files: Lab 6.doc (64 KB) STATA Files: Neonatal.dta (14 KB) | U TBA U TBA | CB 6702 CB 6704 |
| Tues 9/15/2009 1:15 PM-2:45 PM | Lecture | Organizing a project, making a Table How to manage a project with STATA; when to create a new dataset; making a Do/Log file for each table/figure; how to format a tableNote/Slide Files: Lecture 7 - Projects, Tables.ppt (180 KB) Assignment Files: Sample Table.doc (58 KB) Sample Table.xls (18 KB) STATA Files: Sample Table, done.do (1 KB) | M Pletcher | CB 6702 |
| Tues 9/15/2009 3:00 PM-4:00 PM | Lab | Lab session Work on the Final ProjectAssignment: | U TBA U TBA | CB 6702 CB 6704 |
