An Introduction to Stata for Health Researchers, Second Edition

This book focuses on the analyses used most often in health research. It covers various graph types, calculation commands, commands to modify data set structure, simple analyses of categorical and continuous variables, regression models, incidence and survival analysis, and measurement and diagnosis. This edition encompasses several of the new features in Stata 10, such as the Graph Editor and date-and-time variables, as well as a new section with exercises. The author stresses the importance of good documentation habits to prevent errors and wasting time. He also provides robust examples with downloadable data sets on the book’s website.