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Stata

Stata (/ˈsteɪtə/, STAY-ta, alternatively /ˈstætə/, occasionally stylized as STATA) is a general-purpose statistical software package developed by StataCorp for data manipulation, visualization, statistics, and automated reporting. It is used by researchers in many fields, including biomedicine, economics, epidemiology, and sociology.

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SYSTATMicroTSPMS-DOSUnixLinux
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Developer
StataCorp
License
Proprietary
Operating system
Windows, macOS, Linux
Original author
William Gould
Release
1985 (1985)
Stable release
19.0 / April 8, 2025; 16 months ago (2025-04-08)

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Stata

Nodes37
Edges36
Triples102
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.054054
Components1

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Stata

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related to history · 19
Stata → All Stata, Bill, Gould, In, Linux, MacOS, MicroTSP, MS-DOS, Sean Becketti, Since, Support Disks, SYSTAT, The, There, Unix, William, Windows, With, Written
related to Further reading · 17
Stata → Bittmann, Boston, Cengage, College Station, DeGruyter Oldenbourg, Enrique, Felix, Hamilton, ISBN, Lawrence, Pinzon, Really Short Introduction, Retrospective, Stata Press, Statistics, Texas, Thirty Years
related to User community · 15
Stata → Germany, In, It, Italy, Local Stata, Only, Other, Stata Conference, Stata Journal, Stata's, Statacorp, The Stata Technical Bulletin, UK, United States, User Group
related to Software products · 11
Stata → BE, CPU, Numerics, SE, Stata/BE, Stata/MP, Stata/SE, The, There, Though Stata/MP, Whereas Stata/MP
related to Extensibility · 10
Stata → Although Stata, Boston College, Jupyter Notebooks, Many, More, Python, Python IDEs, StataCorp, Statistical Software Components Archive, Theprogramcommand
related to Data format compatibility · 7
Stata → ASCII, CSV, Every, Excel, Stata's, This, Thus
related to Data structure and storage · 6
Stata → Control Language, Itscompresscommand, SMCL, Stata Markup, Stata's, Until
related to External links · 3
Stata → JournalStata PressStata Technical BulletinStatistical, Official, Software Components Archive
related to User interface · 3
Stata → From, Starting, The
Developer · 1
Stata → StataCorp

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commands data version user statacorp released statistical format release software se 1985 dataset formats users mp statistics including new technical

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StataDeveloperStataCorp1.00infobox
StataLicenseProprietary1.00infobox
StataOperating systemWindows, macOS, Linux1.00infobox
StataOriginal authorWilliam Gould1.00infobox
StataRelease1985 (1985)1.00infobox
StataStable release19.0 / April 8, 2025; 16 months ago (2025-04-08)1.00infobox
StataTypeStatistical analysis Numerical analysis1.00infobox
StataWebsitewww.stata.com1.00infobox
StataWritten inC1.00infobox
SYSTATinstance ofThe software was intended to compete with statistical programs for personal computers0.80text
MicroTSPinstance ofThe software was intended to compete with statistical programs for personal computers0.80text
Statarelated to Data format compatibilityThis0.60section

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