{"id":2,"date":"2018-07-12T23:35:28","date_gmt":"2018-07-13T06:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/datawithstata\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2025-06-30T19:43:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-01T02:43:38","slug":"home-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/datawithstata\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"box\">\u00a0This course is organized into learning modules, with each module focusing on one major Statistics or Econometrics concept and its application using <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Statistical Software for Data Analysis'>STATA<\/abbr>, a commonly used statistical software for data analysis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"box\">These resources are mainly designed for students enrolled in Economics courses at the University of British Columbia. They serve as a bridge from the pre-requisite courses to the more research-oriented application in the fourth year of the degree program.<\/p>\n<p>__<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>AUTHOR: NISHA MALHOTRA<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<td>PERSONAL PROFILE: 15+ years of experience as an economics professor. Expert in research design, policy analysis &amp; quantitative studies with a strong publication record. Distinguished educator, mentor, &amp; effective communicator. Track record guiding teams &amp; collaborating with community-based organizations.<\/p>\n<p>EDUCATION: Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Economics,\u00a0 University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, US<\/p>\n<p>CONTACT: <a href=\"https:\/\/mail.google.com\/mail\/?view=cm&amp;fs=1&amp;tf=1&amp;to=nishamalhot@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">nishamalhot@gmail.com<\/a><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p class=\"box\">\u00a0Youtube Education Channel &#8211;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@NishaMalhotra\"> https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@NishaMalhotra<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"box\">Dr. Malhotra&#8217;s Website &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nishamalhotra.com\/\">https:\/\/www.nishamalhotra.com\/\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>__<\/p>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0This course is organized into learning modules, with each module focusing on one major Statistics or Econometrics concept and its application using <abbr class='c2c-text-hover' title='Statistical Software for Data Analysis'>STATA<\/abbr>, a commonly used statistical software for data analysis. These resources are mainly designed for students enrolled in &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/datawithstata\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7089,"featured_media":47,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/datawithstata\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/datawithstata\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/datawithstata\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/datawithstata\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7089"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/datawithstata\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/datawithstata\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1293,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/datawithstata\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2\/revisions\/1293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/datawithstata\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/datawithstata\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}