[Blindmath] Stata Statistics package

[Shickeytha Chandler]

Also not sure if you know this, but you can save the logs on your
computer so they are there even after you close each log and/or exit
Stata.

On 12/4/15, Shickeytha Chandler <shickeytha at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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