Perhaps most importantly, I find Stata to allow me to do whatever it is I'm trying to do quickly and efficiently, more so than other statistics packages. My prior familiarity with the Stata language also influenced my choice to use Stata.
#STATA 12 UPGRADE UPDATE#
My preference toward Stata really comes down to the fact that I like the scripting language and overall format of the program (look of the main window, and the actual process of "doing" statistics in the program). If you update a command that was written for Stata 12, and you update it using Stata 16, it is possible that youll. Follow the prompts that you will be given. Stata which use the internet to check if you need to update your files. i Stata R Release 12 Installation Guide Table of contents Simple installation. Launch Stata and enter the command: update query. View Notes - ig from CS 4700 at Cornell University. That said, most of my work does not require high level statistics. To determine if you need to update your copy of Stata: 1. It also offers various tutorials, documentation, and webinars to help users. Developed by StataCorp LLC, the application offers users a range of features for forecasting, managing files, analyzing data, visualizing, storing information, discovering, and tracking. That said, there are more powerful packages out there depending on the specific analysis/need, such as MPlus for structural equations. Stata is a paid data analysis and statistical software designed for Windows. In these scenarios I have typically found that Stata handles them better overall than SPSS, including more options and modes of calculation. That said - the way a stats program handles various calculations, to me, only seems to matter with higher level analyses (let's say anything beyond regression). There is a bit of a stats package prestige issue in academia, and for whatever reason Stata is a bit higher in the rankings than SPSS. Reasons for Choosing Stata: I have been using Stata for years now - I switched from SPSS to Stata during my graduate program.