INTRODUCTION TO ECONOMETRICS
POINT AND CLICK DAN COMMAND WINDOW
Point and Click Method.
1.) Make 4 folders for your global management folders
a. Create a folder with the name format: Stata_Name
b. Create subfolders: data, do-file, log-file, and output
2.) Open STATA
3.) Change the working directory to the respective folder
a. Click "File"
b. Click Change Working Directory
c. Find and select the created folder (C:\(Stata_Name) to use
4.) Create a log file with the name "1_StataLab"
a. Click "File"
b. Click "Log" -> Click "Begin"
c. Then locate the folder (C:\(Stata_Name)\log-file
d. Write the name of the dile with "1_StataLab "
5.) Retrieve lifeexp.dta file data into STATA
a. Click "Flie"
b. Example datasets.. -> Click "Example datasets installed with Stata"
c. Then select "lifeexp.dta"
6.) View the values of the variables available in STATA
a. Click "Data"
b. Data Editor
c. Data Editor (Browse)
7.) Look at the difference in display colors on existing variables
blue, red, and black)/value label (categorical) (blue), string (red) (unable to perform statistical
calculations), and ordinary data (numeric) (black)
8.) Change the value of the island variable for the population under 5 years to "33,572"
a. Change the value of the variable "popgrowth" for Denmark country to 0.4
- Click "Data" -> Data Editor -> Data Editor (Edit)
- Change the value of varibel popgrowth for Denmark to 0.4
b. Change the value of the Russian state "region" variable to "Eur & C.Asia"
- Click "Data" -> Data Editor -> Data Editor (Edit)
- Change the value of the Russian region to "Eur & C.Asia"
9.) Look at the number of observations, the number of variables and what variables are in the data
a. Click "Data"
b. Describe Data
c. Describe data in memory -> OK
10.) Take a look at some statistical information from the existing data
a. Click "Data"
b. Describe Data
c. Summary Statistics
11.) Tabulate one of the variables, namely the "popgrowth" variable
POINT AND CLICK DAN COMMAND WINDOW
Point and Click Method.
1.) Make 4 folders for your global management folders
a. Create a folder with the name format: Stata_Name
b. Create subfolders: data, do-file, log-file, and output
2.) Open STATA
3.) Change the working directory to the respective folder
a. Click "File"
b. Click Change Working Directory
c. Find and select the created folder (C:\(Stata_Name) to use
4.) Create a log file with the name "1_StataLab"
a. Click "File"
b. Click "Log" -> Click "Begin"
c. Then locate the folder (C:\(Stata_Name)\log-file
d. Write the name of the dile with "1_StataLab "
5.) Retrieve lifeexp.dta file data into STATA
a. Click "Flie"
b. Example datasets.. -> Click "Example datasets installed with Stata"
c. Then select "lifeexp.dta"
6.) View the values of the variables available in STATA
a. Click "Data"
b. Data Editor
c. Data Editor (Browse)
7.) Look at the difference in display colors on existing variables
blue, red, and black)/value label (categorical) (blue), string (red) (unable to perform statistical
calculations), and ordinary data (numeric) (black)
8.) Change the value of the island variable for the population under 5 years to "33,572"
a. Change the value of the variable "popgrowth" for Denmark country to 0.4
- Click "Data" -> Data Editor -> Data Editor (Edit)
- Change the value of varibel popgrowth for Denmark to 0.4
b. Change the value of the Russian state "region" variable to "Eur & C.Asia"
- Click "Data" -> Data Editor -> Data Editor (Edit)
- Change the value of the Russian region to "Eur & C.Asia"
9.) Look at the number of observations, the number of variables and what variables are in the data
a. Click "Data"
b. Describe Data
c. Describe data in memory -> OK
10.) Take a look at some statistical information from the existing data
a. Click "Data"
b. Describe Data
c. Summary Statistics
11.) Tabulate one of the variables, namely the "popgrowth" variable
