- Introduction to Stata
- Einführung in die statistiksoftware Stata
- Data analysis in epidemiology using Stata



INTRODUCTION TO STATA :
Descriptive statistics, graphs, tables for epidemiologists, introduction to regression models
Duration :

 2 days

Level :

 Beginner
Prerequisite :

This course is intended for anyone who wishes or needs to use Stata. No previous knowledge of Stata is required, although familiarity with Microsoft Windows will be assumed.
Topics covered :
- Stata : Overview
  • Usual windows, issuing commands
  • How to get Help
- At the beginning : Directory, how to log Stat sessions, using Stata do files, set memory
- Working with Datasets : The basics
  • If, by and in, the syntax commands and their options
  • Generate new variables
  • Label datasets; label variables, label values
  • Recode, replace, drop, keep...
- Descriptive Statistics : Describe, categorical variables, continuous variables, frequency tables, contingency tables, tests
- Introduction to graphical analysis using Stata
- Organizing and handling economic data : Merge, append, reshape
- Anova
- Econometrics using Stata : Ordinary least squares, specification tests, tests on the parameters, comparing models, presenting results
- The basics of Stata programming : Macros and loops
- Introduction to epidemiological simple commands : Odds ratios, risk rate, incidence rate

Objective :

This course is designed to introduce to the basics of Stata. It will focus on commands that everyone should know to organize their own work. Specific topics include data-reporting, data-management, formatting, graphics, epidemiologic tables, regression models. By the end of this two-days course, attendees will be capable of using Stata proficiently.
Price : 1 690 Sfr excluding VAT
(price per personne for public training — lunch included)
10th - 11th of October 2011 (Pully)

EINFÜHRUNG IN DIE STATISTIKSOFTWARE STATA :

Deskriptive Statistiken, grafiken, tabellen für Epidemiologen, Einführung in die Regressionsmodelle.
Dauer :

 2 Tage
Niveau :

 Anfänger
Voraussetzungen :

 Guter Umgang mit Windows und Office-Software, statistische Grundkenntnisse sind vorhanden
Inhalt :
- Grundfunktionen von Stata, Speicher, Resultat-, Variablen und andere Fenster

- Datensätze eingeben und ansehen, Datumsangaben in Stata, Beschriftung von Variablen und Werten, Datenbestand erweitern und löschen

- Datensätze bearbeiten

- Arbeitsorganisation in Stata: Skripte, Logfiles, Dateimanagement

- Umgang mit Hilfe: in Stata, online, im Forum

- Grafik: einfache Scatterplots, Boxplots und Histogramme

- Epidemiologische Tabellen, Odds Ratio und relatives Risiko

- Einfache Regressionen: logistisch und linear

Methoden :

 Demonstration und selbständige Arbeit inklusive Übungen am Computer
Ziel :

· Kenntnis der wichtigsten Befehle und Funktionsweisen von Stata
· Erwerben der Fähigkeit, eigene Daten zu laden, zu verarbeiten und einfache Analysen durchzuführen
Price : 1 690 Sfr exkl. MWST
(price/pers. für 2 Tage - Mitagessen inbegriffen)

DATA ANALYSIS IN EPIDEMIOLOGY USING STATA
Duration :

 2 days

Level :

 Beginner
Prerequisite :

This course is intended for anyone who wishes or needs to use Stata. No previous knowledge of Stata is required, although familiarity with Microsoft Windows will be assumed.
Topics covered :
Day 1 : Introduction to Stata : A Statistical Package for Epidemiologists
  • Introduction : Open and describe the dataset, summary statistics, table of counts and summary statistics, graph the distribution of a variable.
  • Managing Datasets : Generate, replace and recoding variables; categorize continuous variables, importing and exporting datasets, merging and appending datsets; Two-way graphs.
  • Introduction to Statistical Bivariate Analysis : Confidence interval for means, comparisons of two means, simple correlation.
Day 2 : More specific Statistical Analysis in Epidemiology
  • Specific Statistical Tables in Epidemiology : 2 by 2 tables for epidemiologists for differents study designs; Interpretation of measures of association; Evaluate the role of confounding affects; Assess effect modification (statistical interaction)
  • Regression Models for Epidemiologists : Linear regression, specification and most frequently used tests; Logistic regression; Introduction to the basics of survival analysis

Objective :

This course is designed to became familiar with Stata interface usoing key concepts in epidemiology
Price : 1 690 Sfr excluding VAT
(price per personne for public training — lunch included)