Useful Programs for Soc. 708

Stata

Word

LaTeX

Excel

Stata

• One of several statistical programs– SPSS– SAS– R

• Soc. department tends to use Stata

• Homework for this class uses it

Stata: Getting Access

• Computer labs– Odum Institute lab in Manning

• All computers have Stata• Helpful consultants• Short courses • Field trip, end of this class!

– Sociology lab Hamilton (Room 228/207)• Non-Soc grad. Students: email me name & onyen! • 5 computers have Stata

– Health Sciences library too (I’m pretty sure…)

Stata: Getting Access

• Remote access– Citrix – http://oasis.unc.edu/ – [Demonstration]

• Buying Stata– According to graduate students I surveyed,

• Most people will be fine with using the lab• A few people will end up buying Stata eventually

Using Stata

• Who has used it?

• Who has used any statistical program?

Using Stata

Using Stata

• Variables

• Command window

• Results window

• Review

Using Stata

Using Stata

Using Stata

Stata Resources

• This class– Lecture notes– Stata notes for each module– Hamilton book

• Odum Institute workshop ! ! ! August 26-28 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

(Next Tuesday-Thursday)Cathy Zimmer (very helpful person)Handouts on the web (

• As you go: Stata help menu, Google…

Word

Mathematical symbols, Greek letters…• Insert/Symbol and choose one by oneOr try…• Insert/Object/Microsoft Equation 3.0

Superscripting, subscripting…• Format/Font and choose• As you type: Ctrl-shift-+ to superscript123

Word

Tables

• Create table– Toolbar– Table/Insert … choose # of rows and columns

• Format table– Right click and change line appearance

LaTeX

• High quality symbols, letters, etc.– E.g., Syllabus created in LaTeX

• Involves programming; high “start-up cost”

• May be worth it for some people

• Available at Odum Institute lab– (lab assistant Jamie Monogan can help)

Excel

• Math functions– Sum– “=“ at beginning of column indicates function– Copy functions

• Cut and paste tables from Excel

• Entering data– [Demo, if time: enter qaire data then

transpose columns]

More about Odum, Soc. etc.

• Cathy Zimmer

• Field trip to Odum