Handbook of statistical analyses using Stata. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Sophia Rabe-Hesketh, Brian S. Everitt.
• Other Names: Rabe-Hesketh, S; Everitt, Brian
• Contents: A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO STATA ; Getting Help and Information; Running Stata; Conventions Used in This Book; Datasets in Stata; Stata Commands; Data Management; Estimation; Graphics; Stata as a Calculator; Matrix Calculations Using Mata; Brief Introduction to Programming; Keeping Stata Up to Date; Exercises; DATA DESCRIPTION AND SIMPLE INFERENCE: FEMALE PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS ; Description of Data; Group Comparison and Correlations; Analysis Using Stata; Exercises; MULTIPLE REGRESSION: DETERMINANTS OF POLLUTION IN U.S. CITIES ; Description of Data; The Multiple Regression Model; Analysis Using Stata; Exercises; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE I: TREATING HYPERTENSION ; Description of Data; Analysis of Variance Model; Analysis Using Stata; Exercises; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE II: EFFECTIVENESS OF SLIMMING CLINICS ; Description of Data; Analysis of Variance Model; Analysis Using Stata; Exercises; LOGISTIC REGRESSION: TREATMENT OF LUNG CANCER AND DIAGNOSIS OF HEART ATTACKS ; Description of Data; The Logistic Regression Model; Analysis Using Stata; Exercises; GENERALIZED LINEAR MODELS: AUSTRALIAN SCHOOL CHILDREN ; Description of Data; Generalized Linear Models; Analysis Using Stata; Exercises; SUMMARY MEASURE ANALYSIS OF LONGITUDINAL DATA: TREATMENT OF POST-NATAL DEPRESSION ; Description of Data; The Analysis of Longitudinal Data; Analysis Using Stata; Exercises; RANDOM EFFECTS MODELS: THOUGHT DISORDER AND SCHIZOPHRENIA ; Description of Data; Random Effects Models; Analysis Using Stata; Thought Disorder Data; Exercises; GENERALIZED ESTIMATING EQUATIONS: EPILEPTIC SEIZURES AND CHEMOTHERAPY ; Description of Data; Generalized Estimating Equations; Analysis Using Stata; Exercises; SOME EPIDEMIOLOGY ; Description of Data; Introduction to Epidemiology; Analysis Using Stata; Exercises; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS: RETENTION OF HEROIN ADDICTS IN METHADONE MAINTENANCE TREATMENT ; Description of Data; Survival Analysis; Analysis Using Stata; Exercises; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD ESTIMATION: AGE OF ONSET OF SCHIZOPHRENIA ; Description of Data; Finite Mixture Distributions; Analysis Using Stata; Exercises; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS ANALYSIS: HEARING MEASUREMENT USING AN AUDIOMETER ; Description of Data; Principal Component Analysis; Analysis Using Stata; Exercises; CLUSTER ANALYSIS: TIBETAN SKULLS AND DETERMINANTS OF POLLUTION IN U.S. CITIES ; Description of Data; Cluster Analysis; Analysis Using Stata; Exercises; APPENDIX: ANSWERS TO SELECTED EXERCISES ; REFERENCES ; INDEX
• Edition: 4th ed
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Chapman and Hall/CRC
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 519.50285536; Mathematical statistics -- Data processing
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781466580572; 1466580577
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