Top 10 Stata “gotchas”
Abstract. Stata is a powerful and user-friendly package for setting up data and
performing statistical analysis. Nevertheless, some features often cause
unexpected errors that users either fail to notice or spend hours trying to
correct. In this article, I list my top 10 Stata “gotchas” and suggest ways to
combat them. Awareness of these “gotchas” will hopefully help newer
users—particularly those making their first forays into Stata
programming—avoid the most common pitfalls.
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Jonathan Shaw
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