Stata is one of the most popular statistical software in the world and suited for all kinds of
users from absolute beginners to experienced veterans. This book offers a clear and concise
introduction to the usage and the workflow of Stata. Included topics are importing and managing
datasets cleaning and preparing data creating and manipulating variables producing
descriptive statistics and meaningful graphs as well as central quantitative methods like
linear (OLS) and binary logistic regressions and matching. Additional information about
diagnostical tests ensures that these methods yield valid and correct results that live up to
academic standards. Furthermore users are instructed how to export results that can be
directly used in popular software like Microsoft Word for seminar papers and publications.
Lastly the book offers a short yet focussed introduction to scientific writing which should
guide readers through the process of writing a first quantitative seminar paper or research
report. The book underlines correct usage of the software and a productive workflow which also
introduces aspects like replicability and general standards for academic writing. While
absolute beginners will enjoy the easy to follow point-and-click interface more experienced
users will benefit from the information about do-files and syntax which makes Stata so popular.
Lastly a wide range of user-contributed software (Ados) is introduced which further improves
the general workflow and guarantees the availability of state of the art statistical methods.
