What's New in Stata - Mapping Developments Over the Years
How has Stata changed from edition to edition?
Timberlake have been the official distributors of Stata in the UK for over 30 years. Over this period, we have seen the powerful evolution of the software.
Stata 1.0 was officially released in January 1985.
"a small program that could not claim to cover all of even mainstream statistics, any more than its competitors did. It could more fairly be described as a regression package with data management features. - Nicholas J. Cox A brief history of Stata.
In April 2021, we saw the arrival of the latest edition, Stata 17, the most powerful package so far.
After 36 years of improvements to the user interface, statistical features, visualizations and much more, Stata has become a spearhead in the statistical world, providing statisticians globally with the means to enrich their data.
Stata 17
- Tables
- Bayesian econometrics: VAR, DSGE, IRF, dynamic forecasts, and panel-data models
- Faster Stata
- Difference-in-differences (DID) and DDD models
- Interval-censored Cox model
- PyStata—Python/Stata integration
- Jupyter Notebook with Stata
- Multivariate meta-analysis
- Bayesian multilevel models: nonlinear, joint, SEM-like, and more
- Treatment-effects lasso estimation
Stata 16
- Lasso
- Truly reproducible reporting
- Meta-analysis
- Python integration
- Bayesian analysis: multiple chains, Bayesian predictions, Gelman–Rubin convergence diagnostic
- Choice models
- Import from SAS and SPSS
- Panel-data models for endogenous covariates, sample selection, and treatment
- Nonparametric series regression
- Multiple datasets in memory, Do-File Editor autocompletion and syntax highlighting, and Mac's Dark mode