TY - BOOK AU - Baum,Christopher F TI - Introduction to Stata programming SN - 9781597181501 AV - HA32 .B39 2016 U1 - 519.5028553 23 PY - 2016/// CY - Texas PB - A Stata Press KW - Stata KW - Handbooks, manuals, etc KW - Social sciences KW - Statistical methods KW - Computer programs KW - Statistics N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 397-402) and indexes N2 - "The second edition of this book contains several new recipes illustrating how do-files, ado-files, and Mata functions can be used to solve programming problems. Several recipes have also been updated to reflect new features in Stata added between versions 10 and 14. The discussion of maximum-likelihood function evaluators has been significantly expanded in this edition. The new topics covered in this edition include factor variables and operatores; use of margins, marginsplot, and suest; Mata-based likelihood function evaluators; and associative arrays."--Preface ER -