<H2>From Chile, Latin America<br></H2>
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<H2>Course content </H2><!--
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<li>Organizing analyses
<li>Handling complex datasets
<li>Use of macros
<li>Flow of control
<li>Program arguments
<li>Bootstrapping standard errors
<li>Performing simulations
<li>Parsing program arguments (including the <b>syntax</b> command)
<li>ado-file programming
</ul>
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<H3>Lecture 1: Organization of analysis</H3>
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<LI>Mechanics of using do-files, ado-files, and <B>program define</B> </LI>
<LI>Programming as automating data-management and analysis </LI>
<LI>Organization of multiple do-files </LI>
<LI>Ensuring reproducibility </LI>
<LI>Data verification (<B>assert</B>) </LI>
<LI>Debugging (<B>trace</B>) </LI>
<LI>Working with datasets too large to fit in memory </LI>
<LI>Indexing (subscripting) observations </LI>
<LI><B>assert</B> as an alternative to branching </LI>
<LI>Reading and processing relational datasets </LI>
<LI>Consuming calculated results </LI></UL>
<H3>Lecture 2: Macros, arguments, and looping</H3>
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<LI>Using macros to contain strings </LI>
<LI>Using macros to contain numbers </LI>
<LI>Using macros to pass and receive arguments with do-files </LI>
<LI>Using macros to pass and receive arguments with programs </LI>
<LI>Distinction between local and global macros </LI>
<LI>Branching and looping </LI>
<LI>Program style </LI>
<LI>Shifting over lists </LI>
<LI>Looping across observations </LI>
<LI>Application: Listing data neatly (report writing and use of display) </LI></UL>
<HR>
There is a one-week break between Lectures 2 and 3 in this course because we have found that the extra time is necessary for discussion.
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<H3>Lecture 3: Examples and applications</H3>
<UL type=square>
<LI>Do-files, ado-files, and programs: when to use which </LI>
<LI>Complicated data management example: processing hospital admission/discharge data and merging with patient file </LI>
<LI>Working with dates </LI>
<LI>Working with dates and time of day </LI>
<LI>Programming bootstrapped standard errors </LI>
<LI>Programming Monte Carlo simulations </LI>
<LI>Use of <B>postfile</B> to program bootstraps and simulations beyond the capabilities of <B>bootstrap</B> and <B>simulate</B> </LI></UL>
<H3>Lecture 4: Ado-files</H3>
<UL type=square>
<LI>Organizing files and directories </LI>
<LI>Writing real ado-files: command to run analysis do-files </LI>
<LI>Automatically logging analysis </LI>
<LI>Putting time-and-date stamps on analyses </LI>
<LI>Error handling </LI>
<LI>Writing online help files </LI>
<LI>Temporary variables </LI>
<LI>Temporarily destroying data </LI>
<LI>Temporary files </LI>
<LI>Analysis-specific ado-files </LI>
<LI>General-purpose ado-files </LI>
<LI>Converting analysis-specific to general-purpose ado-files </LI>
<LI>More on <B>display</B> and producing formatted output </LI>
<LI>Parsing commands with <B>syntax</B> </LI>
<LI>Version control </LI></UL>
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