[Blindmath] Stata Statistics package

[Shickeytha Chandler]

I am a JAWS user with what I would consider to be basic/beginner level
Stata proficiency. I have not found any better way to access Stata
than by using the text log that you mentioned. You can create multiple
logs, so that is one way to keep the information manageable. For
instance, if I am doing a series of regressions on a data set, I can
go to the log menu and begin a log called "regressions", then close
out that log when I am done. Then if I want to get descriptive stats
on my variables, I can create another log called "descriptive" and run
the summarize command on my variables. Additionally, within the logs,
I have found the control plus f key command to be helpful. This is the
find key command that enables me to go to specified information within
the log. So say I have a variable called "education" and I want to
look for that in my log, I can type control plus f then type education
and hit the enter key and it will go to the first place in the log
where that variable is found. You are right that Stata seems to be the
package of choice among econ and stat folks.

On 12/4/15, Paul Chapin via Blindmath <blindmath at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> Does anyone have experience with the Stata statistics package? It’s the
> package of choice for most of our econ department and on paper it appears to
> be very accessible, but when trying to use it with JAWS it just seems
> awfully kludgey. For instance it appears that you have to redirect the
> output to a log file then open the log file in a browser and then access it
> there.  And since the log file is cumulative, assuming that you don’t
> periodically stop and clean it out, finding what you need would appear to be
> a tedious process. However, since I’m sighted and don’t use JAWS much some
> of this may be just a problem of my not knowing how to navigate quickly so
> I’d like any thoughts from people who do this more than I do.
>
> And yes, we have R but the instructor is pushing back on using it.
>
> Paul Chapin
> Academic Technology Specialist
> Amherst College
>
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