A free update to Stata 13 is available

Oct/Nov/Dec

Vol 28 No 4

The Stata News

Executive Editor ............Karen Strope

Production Supervisor ... Annette Fett

Censored outcomes

If you analyze data with Gaussian

dependent variables that are censored,

you will want to update to Stata 13.1.

You can now do just about anything you

want with such outcomes. Extensions

of tobit and censored regression models

include the following:

• Selection models

• Random effects and coefﬁcients

• Endogenous covariates

• Treatment effects (ATEs)

• Multivariate models

• Unobserved components

• Endogenous switching models

All of these models may be combined

with each other. For example, you

can specify a tobit model with random

effects, random coefﬁcients, sample

selection, and endogenous covariates.

Moreover, the random coefﬁcients

can occur in both the outcome and

selection models.

All of these features are implemented

through extensions to Stata’s gsem

(generalized SEM) command and

graphical SEM Builder.

See page 3 for a discussion.

Power and sample size

The power command that was

introduced in Stata 13 has new methods

for analysis of ANOVA models:

• One-way models

• Two-way models

• Repeated-measures models

Like other power methods, you can

compute (1) sample size, (2) power, or

(3) effect size. Compute any of the

three given the other two.

You just tell power what you know,

and it produces tables and graphs of

what you want to know.

Stata 13.1 also introduces facilities

to easily add your own new methods

to the power command and

produce tables and graphs of results

automatically.

See page 2 for details.

Time series

Stata 13.1 also adds several new

features for the analysis of univariate

time series:

• IRFs (impulse–response functions)

for ARIMA and ARFIMA models

• Autocorrelation functions from

ARIMA and ARFIMA models

• Parametric spectral densities for

seasonal ARIMA models

• Stability checks for ARIMA models

All of your favorite multivariate tools

can now be applied to univariate models.

See page 4 to see these features.

Haven’t upgraded to Stata 13 yet?

You’re missing one of the most exciting releases of Stata ever. Learn more on page 8.

A free update to Stata 13 is available—Stata 13.1

For those who have Stata 13, just type update query in Stata, and follow the instructions, or

select “Check for updates” from the Help menu. Stata 13.1 introduces several new features.

New power and sample size for ANOVA .... 2

New features for censored outcomes and

tobit models ................................................. 3

In the spotlight: New univariate time-series

features added in 13.1 ................................. 4

New distribution functions .......................... 5

In the spotlight: Adding your own methods

to analyze power and sample size ............. 6

Stata Conference Boston 2014 ................... 9

Visit us at ASSA 2014 .................................. 9

Econometrics Winter School using Stata ... 9

Public training courses ............................. 10

NetCourses™ ............................................ 10

New from Stata Press ............................... 11

New from the Stata Bookstore ................. 11

Stata 13.1, a free update to Stata 13, adds three new

methods for power and sample-size analysis of ANOVA

models—oneway, twoway, and repeated:

• power oneway

performs analyses for one-way ANOVA

• power twoway

performs analyses for two-way ANOVA

• power repeated

performs analyses for repeated-measures ANOVA

These new facilities work just like the existing facilities

for comparisons of means, proportions, correlations, and

variances. You can specify single values or ranges of values

for power and effect size to compute required sample size.

You can specify sample size and effect size to compute

power. Or you can specify power and sample size to

compute effect size.

Your results can be displayed either in tabular form or as a graph.

Multiple scenarios can be compared on a table or a graph.

For one-way ANOVA, you can perform analyses either on

comparisons of means or on arbitrary contrasts of means.

All methods work with unbalanced models.

You can specify your problem in the way you ﬁnd most

convenient. For example, to compute the required sample

size for a one-way analysis, you can specify the projected

group means directly, or you can specify between-group

variability. power oneway will accommodate either of

these speciﬁcations.

You can perform your analysis using

either natural command syntax (see

stata.com/stata13/power-and-sample-size) or

the integrated power and sample-size control panel—a

graphical interface to guide you through your analysis.

Read about all the new features provided for power

and sample-size analysis in Stata 13 and 13.1 at

stata.com/stata13/power-and-sample-size. There

you will ﬁnd highlights and a quick overview of the new

features, links to videos, links to worked examples, and

even a PDF of the new Power and Sample-Size Reference

Manual.

New power and sample size for ANOVA

We can even add a random coefﬁcient on age by interacting a random latent variable (RC[id]) with age:

. gsem (income <- education age c.age#RC[id] weeks UC RE[id], family(gaussian, rcensored(150000)))

(weeks <- education age z1 z2 UC@1 , var(UC@1))

New features for censored outcomes and tobit models

We often cannot observe or measure an outcome over its full range. Tests for detecting a toxin often require the toxin to

exceed a threshold before it can be detected—left-censoring. Patients’ weights will be censored at the upper limit of the

scale used to weigh them—right-censoring.

Related to left- and right-censoring are interval measurements, or interval censoring. Income can be surveyed in ranges ($0

to $10,000, $10,001 to $30,000, $30,001 to $60,000, $60,001 and up), or patient weight can be recorded in ranges (0–80

pounds, 81–120 pounds, 121–150 pounds, 151–180 pounds, 181–220 pounds, 221–250 pounds, over 250 pounds).

Stata has long been able to estimate regression models with censored outcomes. tobit can estimate models with left- or

right-censoring at ﬁxed values. intreg can estimate models with interval measurements or censoring that varies across

observations.

New with the Stata 13.1 update, you can now estimate models with censored or interval-measured Gaussian outcomes

that also include Heckman-style selection, endogenous treatments to obtain average treatment effects (ATEs), covariate

measurement error, and unobserved components. You can include endogenous regressors in any part of the models. You

can also estimate these models in a panel-data or multilevel-data context with random effects (intercepts) and random

coefﬁcients in any part or all parts of the model. All of these models can be estimated as parts of larger multivariate

systems. Censored or interval-measured outcomes can even participate in endogenous switching models.

Imagine we have data on incomes. These data are often top coded, or censored at an upper limit, to increase reporting

rates. If that limit were $150,000, we could estimate a regression model of income on education and age by typing

. tobit income education age, ul(150000)

(We might prefer log income, but for simplicity, we will use income here.)

All the new features are obtained using Stata 13’s generalized structural equation modeling command—gsem. The

equivalent gsem command is

. gsem income <- education age, family(gaussian, rcensored(150000))

We can introduce an endogenous covariate, say, weeks worked, by adding an equation for weeks with instruments

(z1 and z2) and a common unobserved component (UC) with identifying constraints speciﬁed using @:

. gsem (income <- education age weeks UC, family(gaussian, rcensored(150000)))

(weeks <- education age z1 z2 UC@1 , var(UC@1))

If we have panel data with repeated measurements on individuals (id), we can introduce a random effect (intercept) into

the income model by adding RE[id]:

. gsem (income <- education age weeks UC RE[id], family(gaussian, rcensored(150000)))

(weeks <- education age z1 z2 UC@1)

Continued on next page.

In the spotlight: New univariate time-series features added in 13.1

Stata 13.1 introduces four new features for univariate

time series:

1. IRFs (impulse–response functions) for ARIMA and

ARFIMA models

2. Parametric autocorrelation estimates from ARIMA

and ARFIMA models

3. A check of stability conditions for ARIMA models

4. Spectral density estimation from seasonal ARIMA

models

Individually, none of these features are earth shattering.

However, the ﬁrst three are some of my go-to concepts

when teaching time-series analysis. Let’s use an example

to see why.

Here is a graph of changes in monthly U.S. civilian

unemployment rates for the period 1948–2011.

The AR parameters are statistically signiﬁcant, and they

indicate a moderate degree of temporal dependence.

Inference after ARIMA requires that the ARMA

(autoregressive moving-average) process be covariance

stationary. The stationarity of an ARMA process depends

on the AR parameters. The inverse roots of the AR

polynomial must all lie inside the unit circle for the

process to be stationary. We use the new estat aroots

command to examine this requirement:

Handling Heckman-style selection in the gsem framework requires a bit of setup. See

stata.com/manuals13/semexample45g.pdf for an example using an uncensored outcome variable. For censored

outcomes, you merely need to add the suboption lcensored() or rcensored() to the family() option.

An endogenous treatment-effects example without censoring can be found at

stata.com/manuals13/semexample46g.pdf. Again just add lcensored() or rcensored() to family() if the outcome

is censored.

You can use either the commands shown above or Stata’s SEM Builder to create and estimate these models.

Stata 13.1 provides everything you could want with censored outcomes.

Read about the other new features provided by generalized SEM at stata.com/stata13/generalized-sem. There you

will ﬁnd an overview of SEM and generalized SEM, links to videos, links to worked examples, and even the full PDF of

Stata 13’s Structural Equation Modeling Reference Manual.

We ﬁt an ARIMA model with two autoregressive (AR)

terms, ﬁrst-differencing, and no moving-average terms.

. estat aroots

Eigenvalue stability condition

+----------------------------------------+

| Eigenvalue | Modulus |

|--------------------------+-------------|

| .5844888 | .584489 |

| -.4957824 | .495782 |

+----------------------------------------+

All the eigenvalues lie inside the unit circle.

AR parameters satisfy stability condition.

The ARMA process appears to be stationary because both

inverse AR roots lie well inside the unit circle.

A crucial aspect of time-series processes are their

autocorrelations. The autocorrelations provide a scale-free

measure of the dependence structure of the process. We

can obtain a graph of this structure using the new estat

acplot command after estimating our ARIMA model:

. estat acplot, lags(10)

The graph shows that the autocorrelations decay

exponentially toward 0, which is typical of a stationary

AR process with positive coefﬁcients.

We often want to know how an exogenous shock feeds

through our model and affects the series. This response,

measured over time, is called the impulse–response

function (IRF).

We create an IRF for our ARIMA model by typing

. irf create ar2, set(myirf)

and then graph that IRF by typing

. irf graph irf

The trajectory of the IRF shows that a positive shock

initially causes an increase in unemployment but that the

increase nears 0 by 5 months and completely dies out after

7 or 8 months.

You can see more examples of these new facilities

in the manuals. See arima postestimation

(stata.com/manuals13/tsarimapostestimation.pdf)

and arﬁma postestimation

(stata.com/manuals13/tsarﬁmapostestimation.pdf).

- Rafal Raciborski

Senior Statistical Developer

New distribution functions

Stata 13.1 adds three new functions that compute

aspects of the noncentral chi-squared distribution:

nchi2den() density

nchi2tail() reverse cumulative

invnchi2tail() inverse of reverse cumulative

In the spotlight: Adding your own methods to analyze power and

sample size

Stata 13 added a suite of power commands to analyze power

and sample size. Stata 13.1 extends that suite to ANOVA.

In some cases, you may want to compute sample size or power

yourself. For example, you may need to do this by simulation,

or you may want to use a method that is not available in any

software package. power makes it easy for you to add your

own method. All you need to do is to write a program that

computes sample size, power, or effect size, and the power

command will do the rest for you. It will deal with the support

of multiple values in options and with automatic generation of

graphs and tables of results.

Suppose you want to add the method called mymethod to the

power command. Just follow these three steps:

1. Create a program that computes sample size, power, or

effect size and follows power’s naming convention—

power_cmd_mymethod.ado.

2. Store results following power’s simple naming

conventions for results. For example, store the value of

power in r(power), the value of sample size in r(N), and

so on.

3. Place your program power_cmd_mymethod.ado where

Stata can ﬁnd it.

To show how easy this all is, we’ll write an ado program to

compute power for a one-sample z test given sample size,

standardized difference, and signiﬁcance level. For simplicity, we

assume a two-sided test.

We will call our new method myztest.

program power_cmd_myztest, rclass

version 13.1

// parse options

syntax , n(integer) /// sample size

STDDi(real) /// standardized di.

Alpha(string) /// signicance level

// compute power

tempname power

scalar `power’ = normal(`stddi’*sqrt(`n’) - ///

invnormal(1-`alpha’/2))

// return results

return scalar power = `power’

return scalar N = `n’

return scalar alpha = `alpha’

return scalar stddi = `stddi’

end

The computation in this program takes only one line,

but it could be as complicated as we like. It could

even involve simulation to compute the power.

With our program in hand, we can type

. power myztest, n(20) stddi(1) alpha(.05)

power will ﬁnd our ado program, supply it with the

options n(20), stddiff(1), and alpha(.05), and use its

returned results to produce

. power myztest, n(20) stddi(1) alpha(.05)

Estimated power

Two-sided test

+-------------------------+

| alpha power N |

|-------------------------|

| .05 .994 20 |

+-------------------------+

That wasn’t too impressive. Our program did all the work.

But what if we supplied power with a list of sample

sizes?

. power myztest, n(10 15 20 25) stddi(1)

Estimated power

Two-sided test

+-------------------------+

| alpha power N |

|-------------------------|

| .05 .8854 10 |

| .05 .9721 15 |

| .05 .994 20 |

| .05 .9988 25 |

+-------------------------+

power has taken our list of sample sizes and computed

powers for all of them—even though our program

could only compute a single power!

Moreover, we can use power’s standard table() option

to control exactly how that table looks. power also

has hooks that let our program determine how the

columns are labeled and how the table appears.

We can supply both sample sizes and signiﬁcance

levels and request a graph instead of a table:

. power myztest, n(10(1)20) alpha(.05 .10 .25) stddi(1) graph

We can even request that the graph show α on the x axis with separate plots for each sample size.

. power myztest, n(10(2)20) alpha(.05 .10 .25) stddi(1) graph(xdim(alpha))

Now all this may just make it worth writing more complicated programs to compute power for more complicated tests

and comparisons.

We had room here to do just a simple example. More details and extensions of this example are covered in my

presentation at the 2013 UK Stata Users Group meeting —

stata.com/meeting/uk13/abstracts/materials/uk13_marchenko.pdf. Complete documentation for user-

programmed power and sample size can be found in Stata 13.1 by typing help power userwritten.

- Yulia Marchenko

Director of Biostatistics

Stata 13 adds features and statistics for virtually every user in every ﬁeld. Here are the highlights.

Treatment effects

You can now estimate the effect of treatments such as a new drug regimen, a surgical procedure, or a

training program using inverse-probability weights (IPW), propensity-score matching, doubly robust

methods, and other techniques. Your treatment can be binary, multilevel (for example, four dosages of the

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identities, and compare alternative scenarios—even produce conﬁdence intervals via stochastic simulation.

Long strings

Maximum string length increases from 244 characters to 2 billion! Stata also now handles binary large objects (BLOBs)

such as Word documents and JPEG images. These long strings work just as strings have always worked in Stata—all

functions and commands work with them.

Project Manager

Keep all of your ﬁles associated with a Stata project in one place. Filter on ﬁlename, and click

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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

January 3–5, 2014

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Stata representatives, including David M. Drukker,

Director of Econometrics, will be on hand to answer

your questions on all things Stata. Stop by booth #405

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software.

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the meetings.

Visit us at ASSA 2014

Timberlake (Portugal) and the Faculty of Economics at

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applied econometrics courses using Stata. The aim of these

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The courses include a quick discussion of the relevant

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empirical applications using real data. The courses, taught

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Available courses

Day 1: Data management and regression analysis (OLS, GLS)

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For more information or to register, visit Timberlake’s

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Where Omni Parker House

60 School Street

Boston, Massachusetts

Details

stata.com/boston14

Conference Boston 2014

Come join us in historic Boston, home to Fenway Park

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Call for presentations

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• New user-written commands, including commands

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• Use or evaluation of existing Stata commands

• Methods for teaching statistics with Stata or teaching

the use of Stata

• Case studies of Stata use in novel areas or applications

• Surveys or critiques of Stata facilities in speciﬁc ﬁelds

• Comparisons of Stata with other software or use of

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Each user presentation should be either 15 or 25 minutes

long and should be followed by 5 minutes for questions.

Longer presentations will be considered at the discretion

of the scientiﬁc committee.

For submission guidelines, visit stata.com/boston14.

Submissions are due by February 21, 2014.

Scientiﬁc committee

• Stephen Soldz (Chair)

Boston Graduate School of Psychoanalysis

• Kit Baum

Boston College

• Marcello Pagano

Harvard University

Whether you stay for the JSM or just to relax, be sure to

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