Tag: STATA for data analysis

By Divya Narang & Priya Chetty on December 2, 2017 8 Comments

The purpose of this article is to explain the process of determining and creating stationarity in time series analysis. Creating a visual plot of data is the first step in time series analysis. Graphical representation of data helps understand it better.

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By Priya Chetty on October 4, 2017 6 Comments

Time series analysis works on all structures of data. It comprises of methods to extract meaningful statistics and characteristics of data. Time series test is applicable on datasets arranged periodically (yearly, quarterly, weekly or daily).

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By Indra Giri & Priya Chetty on February 7, 2017 1 Comment

In the previous article on Linear Regression using STATA, a simple linear regression model was used to test the hypothesis. However the linear regression will not be effective if the relation between the dependent and independent variable is non linear.

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By Indra Giri & Priya Chetty on February 3, 2017 4 Comments

Linear regression analysis is conducted to predict the dependent variable based on one or more independent variables.

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By Priya Chetty on December 28, 2016 5 Comments

STATA comes with a set of sample data files. This helps the learner in understanding how different set of tests can be applied to single data.

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Data entered in STATA can be classified either as numeric or string type. Associated with each type of data is its storage type i.e. the numbers are stored as byte, int, long, float, or double. STATA takes “float” as the default storage type for its variables.

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By Indra Giri & Priya Chetty on November 24, 2016 No Comments

Do-file is an interface in Stata which allows the researcher to compile all the commands and results at one place. Once the commands are stored in do file, one do not need to enter the command again.

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By Priya Chetty on November 23, 2016 No Comments

Correlation analysis is conducted to examine the relationship between dependent and independent variables. There are two types of correlation analysis in STATA.

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