Stata Programming & Managing Large Datasets
Date: Location: Course duration: Software: Level: Delivered by: Course Code:	24-25 October 2013 Cass Business School, London, UK 2-days Stata Intermediate Dr. Marco Lilla, Università Politecnica delle Marche ST-99-UK

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Course overview

Timberlake Consultants invite you to attend the following two-day course to be held in London, UK.

The course aims to provide professionals and academics with the necessary skills to cope with large datasets management which involve the knowledge of Stata programming tools. In the past decades there has been a huge increase in the availability and usage of large datasets on firms, households and individuals, as well as on financial markets. In these contexts, to cope with statistical and micro-econometric analysis, a sound knowledge of data management and programming with Stata is necessary. The course is designed for basic and intermediate Stata users who want to acquire advanced skills in data management and routinization of complex tasks with practical sessions and exercises to cover the topics.

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Main topics

• Data management issues with large datasets
• Programming
  • Programs, Do-files and Ado-files
  • Basics programming
  • Accessing and manipulating stored results, macro
  • Looping and other useful program control commands

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Agenda

Day 1

• Stata overview
• Managing working sessions, memory and variable storage
• Programming basics: Macros, Loopings
• Manipulating matrices
• Conditional statements
• Building Do-files with program elements
• Practical session #1

Day 2

• Macros usage in practice
• Recalling, modifying and combining stored results into output tables
• Preserving data and recovering data
• Looping: evaluating expressions and over values and items
• Special graphs through programming
• Writing own programs
• Practical session #2

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Who should attend

Academics and professionals with a basic knowledge of using Stata interactively who need to perform analyses on large datasets.

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Prerequisites

A basic knowledge of Stata.

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Prices

Cost (per participant):

Commercial / Government	£900.00
Academics / Non-profit Research	£700.00
Student registrations	£300.00

• A 20% discount is applied to early registrations (registrations made more than 6 weeks in advance of the course start date)
• All costs exclude local taxes, where applicable
• Late Registrations: Registrations made within 6-weeks before the start of the course
• Student registrations: Attendees must provide proof of full time student status at the time of booking to qualify for student registration rate (valid student ID card or authorised letter of enrollment)
• Additional discounts are available for multiple registrations
• Cost includes course materials, lunch, refreshments and the use of computers (please advise us if you have any dietary requirements)

The number of delegates is restricted. Please register early to guarantee your place.

If you need assistance in locating hotel accommodation in the region, please notify us at at the time of booking.

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Registration

We welcome delegates to find out more and register for the course by contacting our sales and training team either by email: training@timberlake.co.uk, phone: +44 (0) 20 8697 3377 or by filling out an online registration form.

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Terms & Conditions

Payment of course fees required prior to the course start date.

Registration closes 5-calendar days prior to the start of the course.

• 100% fee returned for cancellations made over 28-calendar days prior to start of the course
• 50% fee returned for cancellations made 14-calendar days prior to the start of the course
• No fee returned for cancellations made less than 14-calendar days prior to the start of the course

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References

Mitchell, M. N. 2010. Data Management Using Stata: A Practical Handbook. College Station, TX: Stata Press
Baum, C. F. 2009. An Introduction to Stata Programming. College Station, TX: Stata Press

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