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340.600.11
Stata Programming

Location
East Baltimore
Term
Summer Institute
Department
Epidemiology
Credit(s)
2
Academic Year
2020 - 2021
Instruction Method
TBD
Start Date
Monday, June 22, 2020
End Date
Friday, June 26, 2020
Class Time(s)
M, Tu, W, Th, F, 8:30 - 11:50am
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Prerequisite

Basic knowledge of Stata syntax and commands, or strong familiarity with another statistical programming language (e.g. R, SAS)

Description
Teaches Stata programming in a systematic way to students who have had exposure to Stata or another statistical package, but may not have the tools to perform complex analytical projects independently. Covers data management, programming concepts, procedural programming, Stata-specific commands and constructs, and project workflow.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Demonstrate STATA commands that are necessary for analysis, but that students may not encounter in the core biostatistics/epidemiology series: reshape, collapse, encode, insheet; variable formats (strings, ints, floats, dates); factor variables; advanced graphing
  2. Produce STATA programming to make work more efficient and less error-prone: loops; macros, .ado files; text file output; automating table/figure generation
  3. Create project workflow so that data are not lost and results are reproducible: logging, commenting, versioning, file organization
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
  • 90% Homework
  • 10% Participation
Enrollment Restriction
Basic knowledge of Stata syntax and commands, or strong familiarity with another statistical programming language (e.g. R, SAS)
Special Comments

All in-person classes will be taught online via Zoom, on the dates and times the course is scheduled.