Introduction to Stata
Date:
01/12/2026 - 03/12/2026
Organised by:
University of Bristol Medical School Online Short Course Programme
Presenter:
Susie Robinson-Molloy and Dr Hannah Jones
Level:
Entry (no or almost no prior knowledge)
Contact:
Bristol Medical School Short Course Programme
University of Bristol
short-course@bristol.ac.uk
+ 44 117 455 5987
www.bristol.ac.uk/medical-school-short-courses
Venue: Online
This course aims to introduce the statistical software package Stata, including its use for data management and data exploration.
This course will give an overview of basic Stata syntax to enable the user to manage and manipulate data and produce summary statistics and graphs.
This course will cover:
1. getting started with Stata (loading and saving files, finding help, etc.);
2. listing, describing and summarising data;
3. naming and labelling variables;
4. subsetting data;
5. generating and replacing variables;
6. creating tables;
7. importing data from other programs and merging datasets;
8. logs and Do files to document output and code;
9. creating graphs; and
10. working with dates (optional).
Cost:
£750
Website and registration:
Region:
South West
Keywords:
ICT and Software, Quantitative Software, Stata
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