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Expressions & Variables
Basic Expressions
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Expressions & Variables
Basic Graphs
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Expressions & Variables
Basic Variables
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Functions
Built-in Functions
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Expressions & Variables
Challenge 1
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Data Analysis
Data Basics
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Expressions & Variables
Modify the Code
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Expressions & Variables
More Variables
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Expressions & Variables
Basic If Statements
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Style & Execution
Challenge 2
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Style & Execution
Code Shuffle
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Style & Execution
Create Project Do
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Style & Execution
Format the Code
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Data Management
Load or Download File
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Data Management
Append Data
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Data Management
Challenge 3
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Data Management
Change Variables
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Tidy Data
Clean Up
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Data Management
Create Variables
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Tidy Data
Label Values
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Tidy Data
Label Variables
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Data Management
Merge Data
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Tidy Data
Messy Data
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Graphing
Challenge 4
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Graphing
Density Functions
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Graphing
Histograms
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Graphing
Percentiles
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Graphing
Random Numbers
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Functions
Use Stored Values
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Expressions & Variables
Summarize Data
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Expressions & Variables
Tabulate Data
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Hypothesis Testing
Hypothesis Testing
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Data Analysis
Conditional Distributions
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Data Analysis
Conditional Means (Continuous)
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Data Analysis
Conditional Means (Discrete)
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Graphing
Basic Scatter Plots
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Data Analysis
Challenge 5
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Graphing
Grouped Scatter Plots
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Graphing
Fitted Lines by Group
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Graphing
Fitted Lines
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Loops
Challenge 6
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Loops
Conditional Loops
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Loops
For Each
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Macros
Using Globals
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Macros
Using Locals in Regressions
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Macros
Using Locals to Store Results
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Loops
Combining Macros and Loops
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Macros
Storing Results as Numbers
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Loops
For Values
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Problem Solving
Break the Problem Down
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Problem Solving
Challenge 7
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Problem Solving
Debugging
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Problem Solving
LLM Help
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Problem Solving
Online Help
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Problem Solving
One Piece at a Time
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Problem Solving
Stata Help
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Problem Solving
Understand the Problem
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Research Design
Challenge 8
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Research Design
Collider Bias Simulation
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Research Design
Conditioning on a Confounder
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Research Design
Confounding and Conditional Means
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Research Design
Simulating a Confounded DGP
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Research Design
Drawing DAGs for Simple DGPs
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Research Design
Mediation and Conditional Means
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Research Design
RCT vs Observational Study
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Regression
Challenge 9
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Standard Errors
Clustered Standard Errors
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Regression
Factor Variables and Interactions
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Regression
Multivariate Regression
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Regression
Predicting Values
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Regression
Residual Plots
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Regression
Robust Standard Errors
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Regression
Simple Regression
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Regression
Collinearity and VIF
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LaTeX
Challenge 10
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LaTeX
Basic `coefplot`
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LaTeX
Multi-Model `coefplot`
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LaTeX
Basic `esttab` Table
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LaTeX
Multi-Column Table with Notes
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LaTeX
Inserting a Stata Figure
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LaTeX
LaTeX Formatting and Math
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LaTeX
Specification Chart
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LaTeX
Summary Statistics Table
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Fixed Effects
Modern TWFE Estimators
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Fixed Effects
Staggered Adoption Cohorts
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Fixed Effects
Challenge 11
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Fixed Effects
Demeaning the Data
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Fixed Effects
Dummy Variables
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Fixed Effects
First Differencing
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Fixed Effects
Using `xtreg`
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Fixed Effects
Adding Time Fixed Effects
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Difference-in-Differences
Challenge 12
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Difference-in-Differences
Continuous Treatment DiD
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Event Studies
Treatment Adoption Heatmap
Event Studies
Using the `eventdd` Package
Event Studies
Event Plot with `coefplot`
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Event Studies
Event Study Regression
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Difference-in-Differences
Continuous Interacted DiD
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Difference-in-Differences
Parallel Trends in Interventions
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Standard Errors
Challenge 13
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Instrumental Variables
Instrument Diagnostics
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Instrumental Variables
Manual 2SLS
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Instrumental Variables
Panel IV with `xtivreg2`
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Instrumental Variables
Using `ivreg2`
Standard Errors
Bootstrap Comparisons
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Standard Errors
Wild Cluster Bootstrap
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Standard Errors
Robust & Clustered Standard Errors
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Standard Errors
Randomization Inference
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Regression Discontinuity
Challenge 14
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Regression Discontinuity
Density Test
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Regression Discontinuity
First Stage
Regression Discontinuity
Fuzzy RDD
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Regression Discontinuity
Reduced-Form RD
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Regression Discontinuity
Placebo Outcomes
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Regression Discontinuity
RD Plot
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Regression Discontinuity
Using `rdrobust`
Machine Learning
Challenge 15
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Machine Learning
Elastic Net and Ridge
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Machine Learning
Gradient Boosting
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Machine Learning
Lasso for Prediction
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Machine Learning
Random Forest
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Machine Learning
SHAP and Variable Importance
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Machine Learning
Setup and Train/Test Split
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Data Analysis
Check That Your Code Runs
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