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Going From Stata to Pandas

Getting Started, Exploring, & Visualizing. A how-to designed specifically for those that are or were familiar with Stata.

Adam Ross Nelson
Towards Data Science

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A Single Guide In Three Parts, Overview

This guide is for users of Stata that want to begin learning Pandas. It has been written using examples and workflows that Stata users will know well. Also, this article references data many Stata users will recognize.

In Part 1.1 of this guide, I review a variety of reasons Stata users might like to begin exploring the option to work with Python and Pandas.

In the next section, Part 1.2, I demonstrate cross-tabulations and summary statistics that will help you begin the data exploration process.

Lastly, in Part 1.3, I illustrate a variety of simple visualizations that will help you continue the data exploration process.

Part 1.1: So, you installed Python and Pandas but you’re not sure the next steps.

Both Stata and Pandas provide complete (or near-complete) platforms for data manipulation, visualization, statistics, etc. Stata purports to be …

A complete, integrated software package that provides all your data science needs — data manipulation, visualization, statistics, and…

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