STATA Intermediate

STATA Intermediate with Dr Joanna Dipnall

Contents

This intermediate hands-on 1-day workshop is from 9 am to 5 pm in computer lab LB2.309 on Thursday 20 December. It is designed for those with a basic understanding of STATA who want to advance their skills. In the morning session, participants will be introduced to a variety of topics aimed at saving valuable time by ensuring more efficient use of the statistics package.  Topics include:

• Working in STATA
• Loops
• Global and local variables
• Introduction to reshaping data
• Merging data, and
• t-tests and one-way ANOVA

In the afternoon the workshop will shift in focus to boosting participants’ programming skills including topics on multiple linear and post estimation diagnostics.

Participants are free to attend only the morning session – please contact the workshop organiser to advise if this is the case.

A STATA manual and a light morning tea and lunch will be provided as part of the workshop.

To register for this session click on this link and follow the prompts: 

STATA Intermediate

Dr Jo Dipnall

Presenter

Joanna Dipnall is an applied statistician with particular interests in the areas of data mining and machine learning. She completed her Honours in Econometrics with Monash University and PhD with IMPACT SRC, School of Medicine, Deakin University where she blended machine learning with traditional statistical techniques to develop risk index for depression (RID).

She has worked in industry as an applied researcher and statistical consultant throughout her career and taught advanced statistical methods using the Stata statistical software for many years privately and with ACSPRI and NZSSN. She lecturers and tutors with Department of Statistics Data Science and Epidemiology at Swinburne University of Technology.