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useful Programs For Soc

1. Useful Programs for Soc. 708
Stata
Word
LaTeX
Excel

2. Stata
•One of several statistical programs
–SPSS
–SAS
–R
•Soc. department tends to use Stata
•Homework for this class uses it

3. Stata: Getting Access
•Computer labs
–Odum Institute lab in Manning
•All computers have Stata
•Helpful consultants
•Short courses
•Field trip, end of this class!
–Sociology lab Hamilton (Room 228/207)
•Non-Soc grad. Students: email me name & onyen!
•Computers have Stata
–Health Sciences library (possibly)

4. Stata: Getting Access
•Remote access
•Citrix –http://oasis.unc.edu/
•[Demonstration]
•Buying Stata
•Most people will be fine with using the lab
•A few people will end up buying Stata
eventually

5. Using Stata
•Who has used it?
•Who has used any statistical program?

6. Using Stata

7. Using Stata
•Variables
•Command window
•Results window
•Review

8. Using Stata

9. Using Stata

10. Using Stata

11. Stata Resources
•This class
–Lecture notes
–Stata notes for each module
–Hamilton book
•Odum Institute workshop ! ! !
September 30 –October 02 3:00 PM -5:00 PM
Cathy Zimmer (very helpful person)
Handouts on the web
•As you go: Stata help menu, Google…

12. Word
Mathematical symbols, Greek letters…
•Insert/Symbol and choose one by one
Or try…
•Insert/Object/Microsoft Equation 3.0
Superscripting, subscripting…
•Format/Font and choose
•As you type: Ctrl-shift-+ to superscript
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13. Word
Tables
•Create table
–Toolbar
–Table/Insert … choose # of rows and columns
•Format table
–Right click and change line appearance

14. LaTeX
•High quality symbols, letters, etc.
–E.g., Syllabus created in LaTeX
•Involves programming; high “start-up cost”
•May be worth it for some people (markup
language I know nothing about)
•Available at Odum Institute lab
–(lab consultant Jamie Monogan can help)

15. Excel
•Math functions
–Sum
–“=“ at beginning of column indicates function
–Copy functions
•Cut and paste tables from Excel
•Entering data
–[Demo, if time: enter qaire data then
transpose columns]

16. More about Odum, Soc. etc.
•Cathy Zimmer
•Field trip to Odum