StataQuest 4 Windows 95 Version

by J. Theodore Anagnoson; Richard Edward DeLeon

• ISBN13: 9780534521370
• ISBN10: 0534521371
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-01-28
• Publisher: Duxbury Press

Summary

A perfect complement to any first or second course in statistics, this professionally developed software is a powerful yet inexpensive means for helping students analyze statistical problems easily. StataQuest offers high-resolution graphics, a custom-designed menu, and a spreadsheet-like data entry system. In addition to the software and more than 60 data files, the StataQuest 4 package also contains and easy-to-understand documentation guide.

Table of Contents

Getting Started
Getting Started	1	(19)
What is Stata Quest	1	(1)
Requirements and Limits	1	(2)
Installing, Starting, and Stopping Stata Quest	3	(2)
Configuring Stata Quest to Your Preferences	5	(4)
Basic Rules---Windows	9	(4)
Basic Rules---DOS	13	(1)
Getting Help	13	(1)
How to Place Results Window Text in Your Word Processor	14	(1)
How to Print Your Work	14	(1)
Printing Stata Quest Graphs	15	(1)
Telling the Difference Among Stata Quest's Files	16	(1)
Stata Quest's Utilities	17	(1)
Structure of a Typical Stata Quest Session	18	(1)
What is Really Happening When You Choose Commands From Stata Quest's Menus?	18	(1)
What's Next?	19	(1)
Exercises	19	(1)
Data
Entering Data into Stata Quest	20	(16)
The StataQuest Editor.	20	(1)
Inputting Your Own Data Through the StataQuest Editor	21	(6)
Inputting Your Own Data Through External (Text) Files	27	(1)
Creating Random Variables	28	(2)
Stata Files	30	(1)
Spreadsheet and Statistical Package Files	31	(1)
Labeling Your Data	31	(2)
Renaming Variables	33	(1)
Sorting	33	(1)
Exiting the Editor	34	(1)
Exercises	34	(2)
Modifying Your Data	36	(18)
Why Change Data?	36	(1)
Changing Cell Contents	37	(3)
Adding Variables or Observations	40	(2)
Deleting Variables or Observations	42	(1)
Formulas and Functions	43	(4)
Recoding Data	47	(3)
Subsetting Data	50	(3)
Exercises	53	(1)
Summarizing and Examining Your Data	54	(15)
The Basics of Data Analysis	54	(1)
What Is in a Data Set?	54	(6)
Basic Statistics	60	(7)
Exercises	67	(2)
Tables: Frequency Distributions and Cross-Tabulations	69	(11)
What are Frequencies and Cross Tabulations?	69	(1)
Frequency Distributions	70	(2)
Cross-Tabulation	72	(4)
Cross-Tabulation by the Categories of a Third Variable	76	(2)
Exercises	78	(2)
Graphs
Histograms and Normal Quantile Plots	80	(16)
Graphs for Studying the Shapes of Distributions	80	(1)
Histograms in DOS versus Windows	81	(1)
Continuous Variable Histograms	81	(7)
Discrete Variable Histograms	88	(1)
Continuous Variable Histograms by Group	89	(2)
Discrete Variable Histograms by Group	91	(1)
Normal Quantile Plots	92	(2)
Exercises	94	(2)
Stem-and-Leaf Plots and Dot Plots	96	(15)
Ways to Graph and See Your Data	96	(1)
Stem-and-Leaf Plots	97	(8)
Dot Plots	105	(3)
Saving and Printing	108	(2)
Exercises	110	(1)
Box Plots and Box and One-Way Plots	111	(12)
Graphs for Seeing Both Forest and Trees	111	(1)
Box Plots	112	(2)
Box Plot and One-Way Plot	114	(1)
Box Plot by Group	115	(2)
Box Plot Comparisons of Different Variables	117	(2)
Box Plot and One-Way Plot Comparisons	119	(3)
Exercises	122	(1)
Bar Charts	123	(11)
How Much? Graphs for Comparing Variables and Groups	123	(1)
Bar Charts: Totals and Means	124	(1)
Bar Charts by Group	124	(2)
Bar Chart Comparisons	126	(3)
Bar Chart Comparisons by Group	129	(4)
Exercises	133	(1)
Scatter Plots	134	(16)
What are Scatter Plots?	134	(3)
Plot Y vs. X	137	(1)
Plot Y vs. X, Naming Points	138	(2)
Plot Y vs. X, with Regression Line	140	(2)
Plot Y vs. X, Scale Symbols to Z	142	(1)
Plot Y vs. X, by Group	143	(2)
Scatter Plot Matrix	145	(3)
Exercises	148	(2)
Time Series Plots	150	(11)
Graphing Trends and Change	150	(1)
Plot Y vs. X	151	(2)
Plot More than One Y vs. X (without Scaling Option)	153	(1)
Plot More than One Y vs. X (with Scaling Option)	154	(1)
Plot Y vs. Obs. No.	155	(2)
Plot More than One Y vs. Obs. No.	157	(2)
Exercises	159	(2)
Quality Control Charts	161	(11)
What Are Quality Control Charts?	161	(1)
Control (C) Chart for Defects	162	(2)
Fraction Defective (P) Charts	164	(1)
X-Bar Charts	164	(3)
Range (R) Charts	167	(1)
X-Bar + R Charts	168	(3)
Exercise	171	(1)
Statistical Tests
Parametric Tests	172	(18)
What are Parametric Tests?	172	(1)
One-Sample t-Test	172	(6)
Two-Sample t-Test	178	(2)
Paired t-Test	180	(1)
One-Sample and Two-Sample Tests of Variance	180	(2)
Testing for Normality	182	(2)
One-Sample Test of Proportion	184	(3)
Two-Sample Test of Proportions	187	(1)
Exercises	188	(2)
Nonparametric Tests	190	(14)
What Are Nonparametric Tests?	190	(1)
Sign Test	190	(4)
Wilcoxon Signed-Ranks Test	194	(2)
Mann-Whitney Test	196	(1)
Kruskal-Wallis Equality of Populations Test	197	(2)
Kolmogorov-Smirnov Tests	199	(2)
Summary	201	(1)
Exercises	202	(2)
The Statistical Calculator	204	(22)
What's a Statistical Calculator?	204	(1)
One-Sample Normal Test	204	(2)
Two-Sample Normal Test	206	(1)
One-Sample t-Test	207	(1)
Two-Sample t-Test	208	(2)
One-Sample Test of Proportion	210	(3)
Two-Sample Test of Proportion	213	(2)
One-Sample and Two-Sample Test of Variance	215	(1)
Confidence Interval for the Mean	215	(2)
Binomial Confidence Interval	217	(2)
Poisson confidence Interval	219	(1)
Statistical Tables (Normal, Student's-t, F, Chi-Squared) Binomial, Poisson)	219	(2)
Inverse Statistical Tables (Normal, Student's-t, F, Chi-Squared) (Windows Only)	221	(1)
Standard Calculator	222	(1)
RPN Calculator (Windows Only)	223	(1)
Checking a Cross-Tabulation Printed in a Book	224	(1)
Exercises	224	(2)
Correlation, Regression & ANOVA
Correlation	226	(9)
The Meaning of Correlation	226	(1)
Pearson Correlation Coefficient	227	(3)
Spearman Correlation Coefficient	230	(3)
Exercises	233	(2)
Simple Regression	235	(17)
Modeling Two-Variable Linear Relationships	235	(1)
Simple Regression	236	(5)
Post-Regression Diagnostics	241	(9)
Exercises	250	(2)
Multiple Regression	252	(16)
Ordinary Regression with Two or More X Variables	252	(1)
Multiple Regression and Regression Diagnostics	253	(4)
Stepwise Regression with Forward or Backward Selection	257	(3)
Using the fit Command to Obtain AV Plots and Influence Statistics	260	(4)
Robust Regression	264	(2)
Exercises	266	(2)
Logistic Regression (Windows Only)	268	(12)
What Is Logistic Regression?	268	(1)
The Logistic Regression Model and Assumptions	269	(3)
Using SQ's Logistic Regression: An Example	272	(5)
Graphing the Results	277	(2)
Exercises	279	(1)
Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)	280	(13)
StataQuest's ANOVA Command	280	(1)
Nonparametric Analysis of Variance	280	(2)
One-Way ANOVA	282	(3)
Two-Way ANOVA	285	(2)
Repeated Measures ANOVA	287	(3)
N-Factor ANOVA & ANOCOVA	290	(2)
Exercises	292	(1)
Appendix A: StataQuest's Functions	293	(4)
Bibliographh	297	(3)
Index	300