Top 10 Stata 'gotchas'

Published on 19 February 2014

This paper lists the top 10 Stata 'gotchas' and suggest ways to combat them, with the aim of helping new users avoid the most common pitfalls.

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Stata is a powerful and easy-to-use package for setting up data and performing statistical analysis. Nevertheless, some features often catch users out, resulting in unnoticed errors or hours working out what has gone wrong. I list my top 10 Stata 'gotchas' and suggest ways to combat them, with the aim of helping new users avoid the most common pitfalls.

Authors

Jonathan Shaw
Jonathan Shaw

Research Fellow Financial Conduct Authority

Jonathan is a Research Fellow at the IFS and a Technical Specialist in the Economics Department at the Financial Conduct Authority.

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IFS

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Shaw, J. (2014). Top 10 Stata 'gotchas'. London: IFS.

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