Skill Lab: Data Management

1 unit

This skill lab will introduce students to the basic aspects of data management, starting with planning your database, moving to collecting, entering and cleaning data. Other topics will include data types, creating and recoding variables, formats and value labels, data dictionaries, missing data, and merging data. Students will learn to use descriptive statistics to quickly assess data integrity. Course will be hands on, primarily using Stata with other software where relevant. A majority of time spent working with data involves cleaning, manipulating, and preparing for analysis. This workshop will focus on these skills.