Training Module 1: Using Stata for Survey Data Analysis
Background
This was the first of three one-week training modules offered as part of the project. Poverty mapping and market access in Vietnam. The project was funded by the Embassy of New Zealand and implemented by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington, D.C. and the Institute for Development Studies (IDS) in Sussex, England.
Objectives
The objective of this training module is to improve the ability of the trainees to use Stata to generate descriptive statistics and tables from survey data, as well as carry out multiple linear regression analysis of those data. In particular, the course aims to train the participants in the following methods:
- basic file management such as opening, modifying, and saving files
- advance file management such as merging, appending, and aggregating files
- documenting data files with variable labels and value labels
- generating new variables using various functions and operations
- creating tables to describe the distribution of continuous and discrete variables
- creating tables to describe the relationships between two or more variables
- using regression analysis to study the impact of various variables on a dependent variable
- testing hypotheses using statistical methods
Course Sections
- Section 1: Introduction to survey data files
- Section 2: Introduction to Stata
- Section 3: Exploring data files with Stata
- Section 4: Saving and using Stata output
- Section 5: Creating new variables
- Section 6: Making tables to describe data
- Section 7: Making graphs
- Section 8: Modifying data files
- Section 9: Introduction to programming with Stata
- Section 10: Regression analysis with Stata
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