Panel Data Analysis Using Stata (2)

Panel Data Analysis Using Stata

Panel Data Analysis Using Stata

Taking from Using Stata for Principles of Econometrics (4thed) by Adkins and Hill (2011) 1. Starting Stata

Go to programme and click on Stata to start

Your window should like this. So you have different section of the window:

To open Stata Data file: To go File>Open To exit Stata,

Go to File>Exit, on the pull down menu.

Stata files have *dta extensions and always save your Stata file with this The variables window tells you a bit more about the variable:

Panel Data Analysis Using Stata

Use the variable manager to explore more (later)

Describing data (nls_panel.dta) Enter the command Describe

Press enter, and you should have the result below

Then enter the command- Summarize> enter You should have the below:

Panel Data Analysis Using Stata

To obtain summaries, tables and tests to:

Statistics> Summaries, tables, and tests>Summary and descriptive statistics> Summary statistics See what you get compare to the command

The Stata ‘Help’ key is very useful and important. Go to Help>Search - type any search term- >enter

You can also use ‘Findit’ command see below out from Findit>fixed effects:

Stata command Syntax:

Panel Data Analysis Using Stata

Stata uses common command syntax. The command usually come first, see examples below:

[varlist] is the list of variable

[if] is a condition impose on a command

[in] indicates specific range of observation for the command [weight]different weight for different sample observations

Example: (nls_panel.dta)

Panel Data Analysis Using Stata

Using the Review window on Stata to learn the Syntax

Don’t worry about the commands to use in Stata they will come with more practice. Also the Review window is very helpful. You can see the Commands used in the Review plane. Click on any of the Commands and it go straight in to the Command plane.

Saving your work

1. You can highlight your results, right click and copy either as text or as picture and you can paste this

in word document. Save as usual.

2. Use a log file. This copies your result into a specific output file. To do this use the command

log using chap 01, replace text. Press enter.

To close the output window after this, enter the command log close

If you want to save it as Stata Markup and Control Language format then use the command:

log using chap01, replace. Press enter to see the result as below: