What is STATA and What is it Used for?

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Stata is a general-purpose statistical software package created in 1985 by StataCorp. Most of its frequent users are people who work in research, especially in the fields of economics, sociology, political science to examine data patterns, biomedicine and epidemiology. Stata is a powerful statistical software and can easily be used to accurately carry out various data tasks such as data management, analysis, manipulation, graphical visualization, statistics, and reproducible reporting. Stata interface comprises of both a command line and graphical user interaction making the use of the software more robust and intuitive.

Here is an introductory Stata video presented by the Research Support Center for the Family, Home, and Social Sciences College at BYU:



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