Handbook of Statistical Analyses Using Stata

Fully updated, the fourth edition of this highly acclaimed and perpetually bestselling text demonstrates how a wide variety of statistical analyses, including descriptive statistics, graphics, and model estimation and diagnostics, can be performed using Stata version 9. The authors present many of Stata's novel features, including a new mixed-models estimation command and a new matrix language. This edition also contains additional exercises that use various data sets and numerous examples of real-life data, enabling a better understanding of the methodology. The book offers selected solutions in an appendix as well as a solutions manual with qualifying course adoptions.

With each new release of Stata, a comprehensive resource is needed to highlight the improvements as well as discuss the fundamentals of the software. Fulfilling this need, A Handbook of Statistical Analyses Using Stata, Fourth Edition has been fully updated to provide an introduction to Stata version 9. This edition covers many new features of Stata, including a new command for mixed models and a new matrix language. Each chapter describes the analysis appropriate for a particular application, focusing on the medical, social, and behavioral fields. The authors begin each chapter with descriptions of the data and the statistical techniques to be used. The methods covered include descriptives, simple tests, variance analysis, multiple linear regression, logistic regression, generalized linear models, survival analysis, random effects models, and cluster analysis. The core of the book centers on how to use Stata to perform analyses and how to interpret the results. The chapters conclude with several exercises based on data sets from different disciplines. A concise guide to the latest version of Stata, A Handbook of Statistical Analyses Using Stata, Fourth Edition illustrates the benefits of using Stata to perform various statistical analyses for both data analysis courses and self-study.

A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO STATA Getting Help and Information Running Stata Conventions Used in This Book Datasets in Stata Stata Commands Data Management Estimation Graphics Stata as a Calculator Matrix Calculations Using Mata Brief Introduction to Programming Keeping Stata Up to Date Exercises DATA DESCRIPTION AND SIMPLE INFERENCE: FEMALE PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS Description of Data Group Comparison and Correlations Analysis Using Stata Exercises MULTIPLE REGRESSION: DETERMINANTS OF POLLUTION IN U.S. CITIES Description of Data The Multiple Regression Model Analysis Using Stata Exercises ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE I: TREATING HYPERTENSION Description of Data Analysis of Variance Model Analysis Using Stata Exercises ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE II: EFFECTIVENESS OF SLIMMING CLINICS Description of Data Analysis of Variance Model Analysis Using Stata Exercises LOGISTIC REGRESSION: TREATMENT OF LUNG CANCER AND DIAGNOSIS OF HEART ATTACKS Description of Data The Logistic Regression Model Analysis Using Stata Exercises GENERALIZED LINEAR MODELS: AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL CHILDREN Description of Data Generalized Linear Models Analysis Using Stata Exercises SUMMARY MEASURE ANALYSIS OF LONGITUDINAL DATA: TREATMENT OF POST-NATAL DEPRESSION Description of Data The Analysis of Longitudinal Data Analysis Using Stata Exercises RANDOM EFFECTS MODELS: THOUGHT DISORDER AND SCHIZOPHRENIA Description of Data Random Effects Models Analysis Using Stata Thought Disorder Data Exercises GENERALIZED ESTIMATING EQUATIONS: EPILEPTIC SEIZURES AND CHEMOTHERAPY Description of Data Generalized Estimating Equations Analysis Using Stata Exercises SOME EPIDEMIOLOGY Description of Data Introduction to Epidemiology Analysis Using Stata Exercises SURVIVAL ANALYSIS: RETENTION OF HEROIN ADDICTS IN METHADONE MAINTENANCE TREATMENT Description of Data Survival Analysis Analysis Using Stata Exercises MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION: AGE OF ONSET OF SCHIZOPHRENIA Description of Data Finite Mixture Distributions Analysis Using Stata Exercises PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS: HEARING MEASUREMENT USING AN AUDIOMETER Description of Data Principal Component Analysis Analysis Using Stata Exercises CLUSTER ANALYSIS: TIBETAN SKULLS AND DETERMINANTS OF POLLUTION IN U.S. CITIES Description of Data Cluster Analysis Analysis Using Stata Exercises APPENDIX: ANSWERS TO SELECTED EXERCISES REFERENCES INDEX