This provides a brief introduction to using Stata 8.0 for the dataset analysis. Stata is available on all of the computers in the Kennedy School’s computer lab. If you have a home computer you may want to purchase a copy of Stata from the CMO. Stata is available for Windows98, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows XP, Windows NT, Macintosh, and UNIX operating systems. The Stata User’s Guide is also available from the CMO.
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There is a known issue in the Analysis ToolPak of Microsoft Excel 2007. The Regression tool in the Analysis ToolPak in Excel 2007 does not display residual and line fit plots correctly. For more information on this problem please see: http://itinfo.mit.edu/article.php?id=8494

This issue has been documented to Microsoft and a hotfix is currently being developed for release by the end of September 2007. In the meantime, a work around has been implemented for users who need to use the Regression Tool.
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Microsoft Excel spreadsheets have become somewhat of a standard for data storage, at least for smaller data sets. This, along with the program often being packaged with new computers, naturally encourages its use for statistical analyses. This is unfortunate, since Excel is most decidedly not a statistical package.
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