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Empirical Research: Getting Started with Stata
Author(s) -
Tiong Daniel
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
australian economic review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.308
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1467-8462
pISSN - 0004-9018
DOI - 10.1111/1467-8462.12225
Subject(s) - computer science , coding (social sciences) , closing (real estate) , plan (archaeology) , empirical research , data science , work (physics) , software , software engineering , management science , engineering , sociology , programming language , social science , archaeology , political science , law , history , philosophy , epistemology , mechanical engineering
This article provides a guide to approaching empirical research work for the first time, as well as obtaining a foundation in the use of the statistical software package, Stata. The emphasis revolves around data cleaning and its importance in writing a good research essay. I also cover a basic introduction to Stata, the importance of do‐files, common data problems and good coding practice. In closing, I advise that not everything in research needs to go to plan, but that good research practice makes it easier to adapt when plans do not work out.