Stata and basic concepts

Written by:

Sydney Ross

This section will allow you to test your skills and knowledge in quantitative methods and the Stata environment. Below is a quiz with various question on basic statistical concepts, useful Stata commands, and preparing for analysis. After completing the quiz, the correct answers will appear. At the bottom of the page are links to the sections referred to in the quiz for more information and further review.

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Stata and basic concepts

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Does this image represent the command merge or append?

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A researcher has a continuous variable that they want to categorize. Which Stata command should they use?

3 / 9

Z-scores are expressed in terms of standard deviations from the mean. Is this statement true or false?

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What does the command gen do? (Select all that apply)

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The variable srh (self-rated health) have been given the label ‘How would you rate your health?’ Next, the value labels 1=Poor, 2=Good, & 3=Excellent need to be specified and applied. Which commands would you use for this? (Select all that apply)

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You’ve just opened Stata for the first time and you want to load your data. Which file type contains the data?

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You want to see a quick overview of the variables in your dataset in Stata, which command(s) could you use? (Select all that apply)

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What type of probability sampling does this statement define: “Random sampling of groups, choosing all individuals from these groups.”

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Which observational study design does this picture represent?

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Review of the quiz

Q1 – See more on Combining datasets
Q2 – See more on Recode
Q3 – See more on Egen
Q4 – See more on Generate
Q5 – See more on Creating a new dataset
Q6 – See more on File types
Q7 – See more on Adjusting an existing dataset
Q8 – See more on Population and sampling
Q9 – See more on Study design