Department of Sociology
College of Liberal Arts
Texas A&M University
(2020 Spring) Introduction to Social Statistics Using Stata
Introduction to Social Statistics using Stata and the American Community Survey (ACS)
Syllabus
– Instructor information
Ernesto F. L. Amaral
Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology
Office location: Academic Building 415, campus map
Phone: (979)845–9706
Email: amaral@tamu.edu
– Meeting location
Academic Building (ACAD), campus map
– Meeting times
February 20, 2020 (Thursday), 4:00–6:00pm, ACAD 308
February 21, 2020 (Friday), 2:00–4:00pm, ACAD 211
February 27, 2020 (Thursday), 4:00–6:00pm, ACAD 308
February 28, 2020 (Friday), 2:00–4:00pm, ACAD 211
March 5, 2020 (Thursday), 4:00–6:00pm, ACAD 308
March 6, 2020 (Friday), 2:00–4:00pm, ACAD 326
– Lectures and Stata codes
1. Introduction
Lecture
Stata code
2. Sample weights and basic descriptive statistics
Lecture
Stata code
3. Confidence intervals and hypothesis testing
Lecture
Stata code
4. Measures of association
Lecture
Stata code
5. Ordinary least squares regression
Lecture
Stata code
Excel file with formatted OLS models and predicted values
– Teaching evaluation
PDF file
– Examples of tables and figures
PDF file
Papers
Drafts
– American Community Survey (ACS)
ACS resources for this course
Material (course.zip)
Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)
Minnesota Population Center (MPC)
University of Minnesota
Site
ACS official website
Site
ACS Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS)
Site
Explore U.S. Census Bureau Data
Data.census.gov
What is data.census.gov?
Explanation about transition from American FactFinder
Site
– Stata licenses
Instructions for Accessing Stata Through the Virtual Open Access Lab (VOAL)
Texas A&M University
VOAL Instructions
Student Short-Term Stata License (free for a maximum of one week)
Site
Student Single-User Stata License (lower prices)
Site
– Stata help resources
Stata: Data Analysis and Statistical Software
Resource links
Institute for Digital Research and Education (IDRE)
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Stata material
Carolina Population Center (CPC)
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC)
Introduction to Stata
Generalized Linear Latent And Mixed Models (GLLAMM)
Stata Programs for estimating, predicting, simulating
Stata extra modules
Material
Material about graphs in Stata
Stata twoway bar command
Stata graphics by Dawn Koffman
Stata extra graphics programs
Stata color codes
