This 5-day course will run online and consist of live code-along sessions led by an experience Stata user via Blackboard Collaborate. Small breakout rooms will be used for practical sessions with tutor support. There will be approximately 3-4 hours teaching per day.

By the end of the course participants should be able to:

1. understand how to use Stata efficiently through using a greater range of commands;
2. manipulate data using the egen command;
3. reshape a dataset between wide and long formats;
4. create a summary dataset of the original data;
5. access stored results from Stata commands;
6. automatically format and save output for tables;
7. create publication-quality graphs;
8. use looping structures for repetitive code;
9. create a new dataset without altering an existing dataset open in Stata; and
10. create Word documents using Stata with embedded tables, graphs and scalar results.

The course is intended for anyone who wants to increase their knowledge of STATA.

Participants should have a working knowledge of basic statistics such as linear regression. However, the course is focused on data management and programming skills rather than statistical content.

This course will cover:

1. advanced functions and expressions using egen;
2. collecting statistics and reshaping datasets;
3. accessing stored results from Stata commands;
4. creating publication-style tables in Stata;
5. how to use macros;
6. creating publication-style graphs in Stata;
7. using loops to do repetitive tasks;
8. posting data to a file; and
9. automate embedding results in a Word document.

This course is taught by experienced Stata users within Bristol Medical School.

To make sure the course is suitable for you and you will benefit from attending, please ensure you meet the following prerequisites before booking:

Before booking this course, please make sure you read the information provided above about the target audience and prerequisites. It is important that you have access to the relevant IT resources needed for the course and meet the knowledge prerequisites to ensure you can get the most from the course.

Bookings are taken via our online booking system, for which you must register an account. To check if you are eligible for free or discounted courses please see our fees and voucher packs page. All bookings are subject to our terms & conditions, which can be read in full here.

For help and support with booking a course refer to our booking information page, FAQs or feel free to contact us directly. For available payment options please see: How to pay your short course fees.

Participants are granted access to our virtual learning platform (Blackboard) 1 to 2 weeks in advance of the course. This allows time for any pre-course work to be completed and to familiarise with the platform.

To gain the most from the course, we recommend that you attend in full and participate in all interactive components. We endeavour to record all live lecture sessions and upload these to the online learning environment within 24 hours. This allows course participants to review these sessions at leisure and revisit them multiple times. Please note that we do not record breakout sessions.

All course participants retain access to the online learning materials and recordings for 3 months after the course. 

University of Bristol staff and postgraduate students who do not wish to attend the full course may instead register for access to the 'Materials & Recordings' version of this course: Further information and bookings. 

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