Stata: Data Analysis and Statistical Software

WHY STATA

Intuitive · Powerful · Complete

Stata is a complete, integrated statistical software package that
provides everything you need for data
analysis, data management, and graphics.

Fast, accurate, and easy to use

With both a point-and-click interface and a powerful, intuitive command syntax, Stata is fast, accurate, and easy to use.

All analyses can be reproduced and documented for publication and review. Version control ensures statistical programs will continue to produce the same results no matter when you wrote them. See certification results and FDA document compliance for accuracy details.


Stata’s graphical user interface

Broad suite of statistical features

Stata puts hundreds of statistical tools at your fingertips;

from standard methods, such as

  • Basic tabulations and summaries,
  • Case–control analysis,
  • ARIMA,
  • ANOVA and MANOVA,
  • Linear regression,
  • Time-series smoothers,
  • Generalized linear models, (GLM)
  • Cluster analysis,
  • Contrasts and comparisons,
  • Power analysis,
  • Sample selection,

to advanced techniques, such as

  • Multilevel models,
  • Survival models with frailty,
  • Dynamic panel data (DPD) regressions,
  • SEM (Structural equation modeling),
  • Binary, count, and censored outcomes,
  • ARCH,
  • Multiple imputation,
  • Survey data,
  • Treatment effects,
  • Exact statistics,
  • Bayesian analysis,

Complete data-management facilities

Stata’s data-management features give you complete control of all types of data.
You can combine and reshape datasets, manage variables, and collect statistics across groups or replicates. You can work with byte, integer, long, float, double, and string variables (including BLOBs and strings up to 2 billion characters). Stata also has advanced tools for managing specialized data such as survival/duration data, time-series data, panel/longitudinal data, categorical data, multiple-imputation data, and survey data.


Data Editor