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0-What is Stata used for? Stata is a powerful statistical software that enables users to analyze, manage, and produce graphical visualizations of data. It is primarily used by researchers in the fields of economics, biomedicine, and political science to examine data patterns. 1-What does Stata stand for? The name Stata is a syllabic abbreviation of the words statistics and data. 2-Is Stata a coding? It's not really a programming language. It's purpose-built as a statistical analysis package, similar to SPSS, SAS, Minitab, or gretl. It encourages use of a command-line interface and scripts (.do files), but the language you use for that is closer to a macro language than a true programming language. 3-What does Stata cost? The basic license costs 200 usd (approx). But it can work with only 2048 variables. For mor variables, you have to buy stata SE, which can work with 32,767 variables. 4-Is Stata better than R? R is closer to the stats/machine learning community so you'll find more support/packages than stata. R provides better Latex support. R works with Big Data! ... There tend to be a lot more 'hacks' in R for complicated problems like network analysis, custom bootstraps, etc. 5-Is Stata free? Stata is a commercial software and does not come free! If you are able to get it free you are most probably in violation of the licence, which is not a good practice. ... If short term, then you can contact Stata corp (visit their website) for an 30 days evaluation version of Stata 14. 6-Is Stata better than SPSS? The main advantages of SPSS and Stata are that both are statistical analysis software tools which are used to manage or operate the data sets. ... In terms of large and complex data analysis, SPSS can be considered and Stata can be preferred and recommended to get high productivity and outputs in generating data reports. 7-Is Stata better than SPSS? The main advantages of SPSS and Stata are that both are statistical analysis software tools which are used to manage or operate the data sets. ... In terms of large and complex data analysis, SPSS can be considered and Stata can be preferred and recommended to get high productivity and outputs in generating data reports. 8-Is Stata easy to learn? Stata is both easy to learn and also very powerful. Stata is easy to learn in two ways. ... Stata has both a built-in programming language as well as a matrix programming language. In fact, most Stata commands are written in these languages, and you can view the source code for any of these commands yourself. 9- Does Stata work on Mac? Yes. A Stata dataset created on a Mac can be used, without translation, on any computer running Stata and vice versa. The same goes for graphs, programs, and any other file Stata uses or produces. 10-What does Stata cost? The basic license costs 200 usd (approx). But it can work with only 2048 variables. For mor variables, you have to buy stata SE, which can work with 32,767 variables. 11-Is Stata a coding? It's not really a programming language. It's purpose-built as a statistical analysis package, similar to SPSS, SAS, Minitab, or gretl. It encourages use of a command-line interface and scripts (.do files), but the language you use for that is closer to a macro language than a true programming language. 12-Is R better than Stata? But while Stata is amazing, it lacks two major advantages over R: Stata is not free and Stata is not consistent with the broader computer science world (i.e., once you know how to program in general, it is easy to get R and Python, while Stata has it's own logic). What should I do? The answer is pretty simple. Stata: From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigationJump to search Not to be confused with Stada or Ray Stata. This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. (Learn how and when to remove these template messages) This article relies too much on references to primary sources. (July 2016) This article contains content that is written like an advertisement. (July 2016) Stata Stata logo med blue.png Original author(s) William Gould[1] Developer(s) StataCorp Initial release 1985 Stable release 16 / June 26, 2019; 4 months ago Written in C Operating system Windows, macOS, Linux Type Statistical analysis License Proprietary Website www.stata.com Stata is a general-purpose statistical software package created in 1985 by StataCorp. Most of its users work in research, especially in the fields of economics, sociology, political science, biomedicine and epidemiology.[2] Stata's capabilities include data management, statistical analysis, graphics, simulations, regression, and custom programming. It also has a system to disseminate user-written programs that lets it grow continuously. The name Stata is a syllabic abbreviation of the words statistics and data.[3] The FAQ for the official forum of Stata insists that the correct English pronunciation of Stata "must remain a mystery"; any of "Stay-ta", "Sta-ta" or "Stah-ta" are considered acceptable.[4] There are four major builds of each version of Stata:[5] Stata/MP for multiprocessor computers (including dual-core and multicore processors) Stata/SE for large databases Stata/IC, which is the standard version Numerics by Stata, supports any of the data sizes listed above in an embedded environment Small Stata, which was the smaller, student version for educational purchase only, is no longer available. Contents 1 User interface 2 Data structure and storage 3 Data format compatibility 4 Extensibility 5 User community 6 Example Stata code 7 Timeline of releases 8 See also 9 References 10 Further reading 11 External links