Introduction to Time Series Using Stata

by Sean Becketti

Introduction to Time Series Using Stata , by Sean Becketti, provides a practical guide to working with time-series data using Stata and will appeal to a broad range of users. The many examples, concise explanations that focus on intuition, and useful tips based on the author’s decades of experience using time-series methods make the book insightful not just for academic users but also for practitioners in industry and government. The book is appropriate both for new Stata users and for experienced users who are new to time-series analysis. Sean Becketti is a financial industry veteran with three decades of experience in academics, government, and private industry. He was a developer of Stata in its infancy, and he was Editor of the Stata Technical Bulletin , the precursor to the Stata Journal , between 1993 and 1996. He has been a regular Stata user since its inception, and he wrote many of the first time-series commands in Stata. Introduction to Time Series Using Stata , by Sean Becketti, is a first-rate, example-based guide to time-series analysis and forecasting using Stata. It can serve as both a reference for practitioners and a supplemental textbook for students in applied statistics courses.

819 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 23, 2013