Stata from Scratch for DSWD and NAPC staff

Here are photos taken during the 2-day introduction to Stata for staff of the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) and National Anti-Poverty Commission (NAPC). Thanks to the World Bank for the opportunity to introduce Stata to this group of young—some young at heart =)—and brilliant people. DSWD can now use the Stata they [...]

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Greek Letters in Stata Graphs

There is a rather easy way of including Greek letters in Stata figures. Greek letters are written in the following way: = {&beta} Subscripts: = {&beta}{&superscript:2} HT: http://www.stata.com/stata11/graphics.html Filed under: LaTeX, LaTeX – generate and include figures, Stata, Stata – Figures

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Misc Links

| Gabriel | Useful detailed overview of Lion. The user interface stuff doesn’t interest me nearly as much as the tight integration of version control and “resume.” Also, worth checking if your apps are compatible. (Stata and Lyx are supposed to work fine. TextMate is supposed to run OK with some minor bugs. No word on […]

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o save me -memory

‘o save me’ memory cries heed and keep data light byte is all that’s necessary if variable v is 0 or unity choose the optimal data type to save memory and keep data light but if you’re not sure what is best trust Stata and use -compress- -compress- reduces memory by demoting the type of [...]

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Some shapefile utilities for Matlab (and data transfer to Stata)

Here are some extremely simple but extremely useful functions when working with shapefiles in Matlab.Functions to drop or keep polygons in your workspace based on their attributes (drop_by_attribute.m, keep_by_attribute.m).A simple command to plot all …

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