STATA Quantitative Data Analysis: Recoding & Descriptive Stats

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In today's video I will be sharing the foundational steps that you need to know when setting up your quant data in STATA. The steps outlined in this video can be also be used for other quantitative data analysis software, so make sure to watch the whole video!

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📌 Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
01:29 - Intro to STATA software
02:07 - Downloading a dataset
03:03 - Finding and setting up your codebook
04:45 - Creating your logbook
05:31 - Uploading your dataset into STATA
06:20 - Basic commands for recoding variables
06:53 - How to recode variables
08:23 - Importance of 'positive coding'
09:00 - Recoding using gen and replace commands
13:20 - Identifying and recoding missing or unwanted data
15:30 - Creating a Descriptive Statistics Table in Excel
18:00 - Identifying and quantifying missing data
18:30 - Documenting each step & wrapping up
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