Stata
MEAFA's Stata Expertise
MEAFA specialises in providing research training for quantitative analysis using Stata, at different levels:
- Locally: We service the Faculty of Economics and Business, through the annual PhD unit of study, Applied Quantitative Methods Using Stata, which is also available for invited CEMS
PhD candidates. In addition, we offer tailored discipline-specific training on request, such as the workshop on Applied Quantitative Analysis Using Stata for Work and Organisational Studies. - Nationally: The annual Professional Development Workshop on Quantitative Analysis Using Stata, is aimed for social science researchers from academia, the private industry and public sector. The 2008 workshop offered a 3-day program and due to overwhelming demand, we have now decided to extend the 2009 workshop to 5-days, also offering a much more diversified program.
- Internationally: Our international research training activities are materialised mainly through structural cross-institutional research training with international centres of excellence, and other international research training networks. We are in close collaboration with the EU-wide network INTACCT to which we have delivered a course for INTACCT PhD students at the CentER , Tilburg University , and we have scheduled a 3-year research training program with the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods (WISERD) . In addition, our Stata resources are part of the syllabus for PhD training at the Center for Doctoral Studies in Busines , University of Manheim , and at the Centre d'Etudes et de Recherches sur le Developpement International (CERDI) , France.
MEAFA Stata Resources
The MEAFA Stata Resources are made available from Demetris Christodoulou (MEAFA General Convenor) and Andrey Vasnev (MEAFA Faculty Member). The research training activities of MEAFA are coordinated by Richard Gerlach (MEAFA Quantitative Research Convenor).
Stata manual
The manual Introduction to Stata and the Management of Data is available for PC versions 9 and 10. We are now working on the Mac version 10. This manual has proven to be a big hit worldwide, with more than 600 requests from 67 countries/sovereign states.
Stata video tutorials
We are also working on a series of Video Tutorials, which will be soon released.
Stata code
We will also make available Stata code that was used in published journal articles. It will take some time to refine the code for public use, so please make sure to visit again soon.