Learning Outcomes

In this free course, you will learn how to:

• Summarize variables and obtain descriptive statistics, such as the mean, median, maximum, and minimum values
• Discuss customizing tables for summary statistics using the "tabstat" command
• Create do-files and log-files
• Discuss importing data from Excel files with the "import excel" command
• Analyze the distribution of continuous variables
• Change the variable's name and values with the "rename" and "replace" commands
• Create variables from functions with the "egen" command
• Distinguish between dropping observations and variables
• Create numeric variables from string variables
• Combine datasets to add more observations or variables using the "append" and "merge" commands
• Label variables and values using the "label variable," "label define," and "label values" commands
• Generate dummy variables from existing continuous and categorical variables with the "recode" and "tabulate" commands