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Stata

Score9.1 out of 10

11 Reviews and Ratings

What is Stata?

Statistical software for data science, supporting data manipulation, visualization, statistics, with automated and reproducible reporting.

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Categories & Use Cases

Stata Key Features

Learn about the best (and worst!) features Stata has to offer, as determined by TrustRadius' reviewers.
Based on 11 ratings of Stata's features
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Top Performing Features

  • Interactive Data Cleaning and Enrichment

    Access to visual processors for data wrangling

    Category average: 9.1

  • Data Transformations

    Use visual tools for standard transformations

    Category average: 9.1

  • Multiple Model Development Languages and Tools

    Access to multiple popular languages, tools, and packages such as R, Python, SAS, Jupyter, RStudio, etc.

    Category average: 9.2

Areas for Improvement

  • Data Encryption

    Data encryption to ensure data privacy

    Category average: 8.4

  • Visualization

    The product’s support and tooling for analysis and visualization of data.

    Category average: 8.2

  • Interactive Data Analysis

    Ability to analyze data interactively using Python or R Notebooks

    Category average: 8.8

Who Buys & Uses Stata

Stata Reviews

What users are saying about Stata.
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Stata is an excellent choice

Incentivized
Chris Martin
Academic Professional in Research & Development at Georgia Institute of Technology (10,001+ employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use it to analyze data from students and professors in academic research. Stata allows me to analyze data fast, in comparison to SPSS. I usually have datasets in the N=200 to 1000 range. I also use it to generate charts and graphs. It integrates with MPlus and R as necessary.

Pros

  • Extremely fast bootstrapping
  • Thorough readable documentation for each function
  • Personalized, rapid help through Statalist
  • Wide range of analytical options

Cons

  • The documentation can be too lengthy in some cases.
  • Some commands are near duplicates of one another
  • Multilevel SEM would be nice

Return on Investment

  • Create usable tables and charts
  • Have a relatively low cost
  • Allow me to answer research questions

Usability

Alternatives Considered

IBM SPSS Statistics

Stata for Data management statistics and graphics

Incentivized
Kit Baum
Professor of Economics and Social Work at Boston College (1001-5000 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Stata extensively on research projects, several of which are supported by external grants. I teach applied econometrics courses in which I illustrate Stata use for undergrads and PhD students. We require Stata Labs for all undergrads in our required Statistics and Econometric Methods courses for Econ majors.

Pros

  • Panel data management and estimation
  • Validation and transfpformation of external data
  • Script-based execution that provides audit trails
  • Capability of extending the language with user-written routines

Cons

  • Built-in table language very difficult to use
  • Optimization routines sometimes fail to converge

Return on Investment

  • Provided students with valuable analytic skills for data science
  • Provided researchers with reproducible findings

Usability

Other Software Used

Overleaf, BBEdit

Stata in Economic Research

Incentivized
Verified User
Professional in Professional Services (1001-5000 employees)

Use Cases and Deployment Scope

I use Stata to conduct analysis in economic research. It helps me clean the data, format the data and run the necessary analysis.

Pros

  • Stata is good at plotting the data.
  • Stata is good at showing the results of the analysis in a detailed way.
  • Stata is good at providing detailed help files.
  • Stata is good at merging many datasets.

Cons

  • Stata's error codes are hard to understand.
  • It takes a long time to add captions or written information on the figures generated with Stata.
  • It is not easy to export stata generated tables to latex exactly as I want. I always need to change things manually instead of automating the whole process.

Return on Investment

  • Stata helps me to conduct economic research. But it is not great for collaborating and it is not a very interactive tool.

Usability

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