Stata is a comprehensive, integrated statistical software package developed by StataCorp for data science, including data manipulation, visualization, statistics, and automated reporting

• Data Analysis: Performs a vast range of tasks from basic descriptive statistics to advanced econometrics and time-series analysis.

• Visualization: Includes a powerful system for creating publication-quality graphs and charts.

• Ease of Use: Users can interact via a Graphical User Interface (GUI) with menus and dialog boxes or by writing commands in a script language.

• Interoperability: Can import and export data from Microsoft Excel, CSV, SAS, and SPSS.

• Python Integration: The latest versions (like Stata 19) offer a Stata–Python API to interact with NumPy arrays and pandas DataFrames.

Target Audience:
Research Master Students, PhD students or post-graduate researchers and faculty from a variety of fields will benefit from the course.