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Master of Public Health

Stata Boot Camp

Description

The Stata Boot Camp will be offered over three afternoons in October to second-year students in the Vanderbilt MPH Program, as well as VU and VUMC graduate and professional students, faculty, and staff members, and public health professionals. This three-day short course is intended for those who need a refresher in the very basics of Stata. The interactive sessions provide students with exposure to and hands-on practice with the statistical software package.

Sessions are taught sequentially such that attendance at all sessions is strongly encouraged. Students will work directly with Stata software during the class sessions, and so students are expected to have purchased and installed Stata prior to the first session.

Cost

  • Free for current students in the Vanderbilt MPH Program
  • $150 for graduates of the Vanderbilt MPH Program
  • $300 for all others

 

 

Schedule and Resources

Date Time Location Topics (subject to change) and Resources
Monday,
Oct. 18		 1 – 4 p.m. Central Time This training can be completed either in person or remotely (online).
  • Review basic Stata features
  • Import data
  • Perform simple data checks
  • Tabulate and summarize variables and perform simple analyses
  • Save and export data
  • Use Stata Help and other resources
Wednesday,
Oct. 20		 1 – 4 p.m. Central Time This training can be completed either in person or remotely (online).
  • Explore individual variables using the browse function
  • Recognize different types of variables
  • Generate measures of central tendency (means, medians) and dispersion
  • Generate a new variable from existing variables (e.g., BMI from height/weight)
  • Graphically display data using box plots, histograms, and tables
Monday,
Oct. 25		 1 – 4 p.m. Central Time This training can be completed either in person or remotely (online).
  • Generate variables using logical expressions
  • Create more complex data summaries and tables
  • Produce more complex graphs

 

Getting ready for Stata Boot Camp IMPORTANT 

Please complete these items before Stata Boot Camp begins on October 18:

  1. If you don’t already have it, purchase and load Stata 16 or 17 on your computer (click here for instructions). Using either version of the software is ok, but instructors will use Stata 16.
  2. Make sure you can open Stata on your computer. If you have any trouble, please contact Andrew Wiese before boot camp begins.