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Wharton Research Data Services, Stata 17, and JDBC

Working with Wharton Research Data Services (WRDS) data in Stata is now even easier. I previously wrote about accessing WRDS data via ODBC. With Stata 17, using JDBC makes configuring WRDS and Stata even easier—and the steps to configure are the same across all operating systems. Whether you download WRDS data to your local machine or work in the cloud, the command to use in Stata for JDBC is jdbc. Read more…

Just released from Stata Press: A Visual Guide to Stata Graphics, Fourth Edition

Stata Press is pleased to announce the release of A Visual Guide to Stata Graphics, Fourth Edition by Michael N. Mitchell. This book debuted as Kindle’s #1 New Release in the category Mathematical & Statistical and continues to appear on Kindle’s best-seller list in numerous categories, including Educational Software and Education Statistics. Read more…