Using Stata for Quantitative Analysis

Using Stata for Quantitative Analysis, Second Edition offers a brief, but thorough introduction to analyzing data with Stata software. It can be used as a reference for any statistics or methods course across the social, behavioral, and health sciences since these fields share a relatively similar approach to quantitative analysis.  In this book, the author teaches the language of Stata from an intuitive perspective, furthering students’ overall retention and allowing a student with no experience in statistical software to work with data in a very short amount of time. The self-teaching style of this book enables novice Stata users to complete a basic quantitative research project from start to finish.  The Second Edition covers the use of Stata 13 and can be used on its own or as a supplement to a research methods or statistics textbook.

Kyle C. Longest received his bachelor’s in sociology from Indiana University, and his master’s and Ph.D. in sociology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Currently, Longest is an Associate Professor and Chair in the department of sociology at Furman University, where he teaches courses on Quantitative Analysis, Research Methods, Deviance, Sociology of Religion, Sports Analytics, and Harry Potter. Longest has written articles for a variety of publications, including Stata Journal, Social Forces, Sociological Perspectives, Sociological Forum, Journal of Business Venturing, and Journal of Marriage and Family.