Stata Support

Stata is an advanced, fully programmable statistical package with complete statistical, graphical, and data-management capabilities.

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Availability

The Research Computing Support Group has entered into an agreement with the Stata Corporation making the University of Virginia a GradPlan site for Stata statistical software. Under the GradPlan, faculty, staff and students can now obtain Stata software at reduced, academic pricing, and the software can be installed on home or office computers, either UVa or personally owned. To obtain software under this plan, individuals contact Stata directly to order Stata software and documentation. They can then pick up their materials the next business day from the Research Computing Support Center which holds a supply of materials in inventory. Prices for individual purchase using the GradPlan software and documentation are as follows:

Stata Pricing for Individual Users  
Small Stata 9.0 and Getting Started manual, 1-year license*
Intercooled Stata 9.0 and Getting Started, 1-year license*
Intercooled Stata 9.0 and Getting Started, perpetual license
Stata/SE 9 and Getting Started, perpetual license
Base Reference Manual, Data Mgmt., Quick Ref., User Guide
Stata User's Guide
Getting Started Manual
Stat/Transfer 8.0

$ 45
$ 89
$ 145
$ 295
$ 165
$ 30
$ 25
$ 63

* Students only

Stata 9.0 is available under GradPlan for Windows 2000, Windows XP Home/Pro, Macintosh OS X, and Linux (Intel). Small Stata has all the features of Intercooled Stata but can only process datasets of around 1,000 observations and 99 variables

The table of contents for each manual can be viewed at the following URL:

http://www.stata.com/bookstore/documentation.html

You can order Stata in any of the following ways (be sure to specify that you are ordering Stata under the GradPlan at the University of Virginia):

Call 1-800-782-8272 (1-800-STATAPC) in the U.S. during the hours of 8 to 5 Central time.

Email stata@stata.com and describe what you want. They will email you back the exact price, including shipping, for your approval.

Fill out an online order form at http://www.stata.com/info/order/ . It's really no different than emailing Stata. They will email you back the exact price, including shipping, for your approval.

Fax 1-979-696-4601 and describe what you want. They will fax you back the exact price, including shipping, for your approval.

After your order is received by Stata, they will notify the Research Computing Support Center and you may pick up your materials there (244 Wilson Hall) the next business day.

Departments wishing to purchase multiple copies of Stata should inquire with the Research Computing Support Group about lab packs. Lab pack pricing is as follows:
Stata Pricing for Lab Pack  
STATA Lab starter Kit 9.0 (Windows 95/98/NT, Macintosh, Unix/Linux) containing 1 full manual set $275
Stata/SE 9.0 for Windows, Macintosh or Unix/Linux (10 minimum) $130
Intercooled Stata 9.0 for Windows or Macintosh (10 minimum) $75
Intercooled Stata 9.0 for Unix/Linux (10 minimum) $85
Small Stata 9.0 for Windows or Macintosh (10 minimum) $49
Shipping via UPS Ground $18

The lab pack version CAN NOT be put on faculty home or office computers, nor on research lab computers, as per the Stata license agreement for the "Lab Pack". The "Lab Pack" is for direct teaching and educational use of or by students.

For more information about Stata, please visit their website at the following URL:

http://www.stata.com

Also, the Research Computing Support Center has Stata installed on its Windows platforms and users are encouraged to come by and try it out.

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Getting Help

The ITC Research Computing Support Group currently serves as the administrator of the Stata GradPlan at the University of Virginia and coordinates departmental requests for lab packs. Since the University's arrangement with Stata is relatively new, ou r support for users may be somewhat limited (since the product is new to us as well). Despite this limitation, users can refer generic questions to the Research Computing Support Group (Res-Consult@Virginia.EDU; tel: 243-8800) with the understanding that we may or may not be able to provide an answer. Full Stata documentation is available at the Research Computing Support Center located in 244 Wilson Hall.

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Other Resources

What's New in Stata 9
Capabilities Of Stata
Info on Stata for Windows
Info on Stata for Macintosh
Info on Stata for Unix

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