Parametric and Non-parametric Analysis in Socio-Economics Research

using STATA for BNAC Personnel

Oct 3rd week

Table 1. Schedule of Activities and Course Outline

Day/Time Events
Day 1
Opening Program
Inspirational Message –

Introduction of Participants
Rationale and Expectation
Introduction to SERDAC
Module 1: Introduction to STATA
 STATA Interface
 Ways of running STATA (Interactive vs Batch Mode)
 STATA commands
Module 2: Descriptive Statistics
 Variable transformation
 Inspecting data using tabulation
 Summary statistics
Module 3. Data Visualization
Exercises
Presentation of Outputs
Day 2
Module 4: Parametric Analysis
 One sample
 Independent sample
 Dependent sample
 One-way ANOVA
 Two-way ANOVA
Module 5: Parametric Correlation Analysis
Exercises
Presentation of Outputs
Day 3
Module 6: Non-Parametric Analysis
 One and Two Populations
 More than Two Populations
Module 7: Non-Parametric Correlation Analysis
Workshop
Response from the participants
Awarding of Certificates
Closing Remarks