Popular for its speed, flexibility, and attractive graphics, Stata is a powerful tool for political science students. With Pollock's second edition, students quickly learn Stata with step-by-step instruction, more than 50 exercises, customized datasets, annotated screen shots, boxes that highlight Stata's special capabilities, and guidance on using Stata to read raw data.

Updates to this edition include: 

• Comprehensive coverage of the Stata Graph Editor;
•  Enhanced discussion of graph types, with brand-new coverage of group means and the twoway command;
• New and updated datasets, including GSS and NES (all datasets include additional variables for use on research papers, exams, or assignments);
• New end-of-chapter exercises, which gradually increase in difficulty to reinforce and build on key concepts; and
• Improved guidance on using Internet-available data, from downloading to inputting multiple formats- Excel, HTML, and PDF.

***STATA software not included

Updates to this edition include: 

• Comprehensive coverage of the Stata Graph Editor;
•  Enhanced discussion of graph types, with brand-new coverage of group means and the twoway command;
• New and updated datasets, including GSS and NES (all datasets include additional variables for use on research papers, exams, or assignments);
• New end-of-chapter exercises, which gradually increase in difficulty to reinforce and build on key concepts; and
• Improved guidance on using Internet-available data, from downloading to inputting mutliple formats- Excel, HTML, and PDF.

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Getting Started

1. Introduction to Stata

2. Descriptive Statistics

3. Transforming Variables

4. Making Comparisons

5. Making Controlled Comparisons

6. Making Inferences about Sampled Means

7. Chi-square and Measures of Association

8. Correlation and Linear Regression

9. Dummy Variables and Interaction Effects

10. Logistic Regression

11. Doing Your Own Political Analysis

Pollock’s Stata Companion to Political Analysis is a useful, accessible introduction to data analysis using Stata for undergraduates. The exercises at the end of each chapter gradually increase in complexity to the point where students with no experience in the subject can perform and understand sophisticated multivariate techniques. My colleagues and I continue using the text to help guide students through their upper level classes and independent research projects. - Roy Dawes, Gettysburg College

In this second edition, Pollock continues to provide students with a thorough yet highly accessible introduction to Stata. The companion is an ideal supplement to the Essentials of Political Analysis, and makes it easy for instructors to put into practice the various concepts and methods of analysis discussed in the text. The use of recent datasets provides instructors with opportunities to use recent examples from American politics in their exercises, making this work even more accessible. Introducing students to Stata is a challenging task; the Stata Companion provides the perfect mix of instruction and exercises for success. - Douglas Kuberski, Texas A&M University

Once again Pollock has managed take on the unmanageable and unenviable task of introducing undergraduates to political methods and analysis using Stata. Pollock’s first edition is a staple in my political methods class, and this latest edition is a welcome update. Using timely data, he carefully and artfully takes the novice undergraduate through the doors of Stata to the real world of political science methods, analysis and scholarship. - Katie Vigilante, Oxford College of Emory University

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