We are pleased to announce a new version of Stata: Stata 12. You can order it today, it starts shipping on July 25, and you can find out about it at www.stata.com/stata12/.
Here are the highlights of what’s new: Read more…
In part I, I wrote about precision issues in English. If you enjoyed that, you may want to stop reading now, because I’m about to go into the technical details. Actually, these details are pretty interesting.
For instance, I offered the following formula for calculating error due to float precision: Read more…
I wrote about precision here and here, but they were pretty technical.
“Great,” coworkers inside StataCorp said to me, “but couldn’t you explain these issues in a way that doesn’t get lost in the details of how computers store binary and maybe, just maybe, write about floats and doubles from a user’s perspective instead of programmer’s perspective?”
“Mmmm,” I said clearly.
Later, when I tried, I liked the result. It contains new material, too. What follows is what I now wish I had written first. I’d would have still written the other two postings, but as technical appendices. Read more…
StataCorp invites you to stop by our booth, 404, at JSM 2011, July 31 – August 3, in Miami Beach, FL. StataCorp staff and developers will be on hand to answer any questions you have about Stata, from statistics to programming to licensing. You can also register to win a copy of quad-core Stata/MP.
StataCorp is also presenting three continuing education technology workshops at JSM 2011: Read more…