I like that any question you could possibly have has already been asked and answered and been provided examples on Stata’s website. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I don’t like that it requires a license to use. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I think that Stata is the best statistical software for microeconomic research. The commands are intuitive and doesn't require a lot of complicated coding. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Stata still needs improvements when it comes to time-series data Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Strong support, ease of use. Many functions for epidemiology, econometrics, etc have native support and simple syntax. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Could be a more robust user community; as-is, Stata has a lot of packages but sits on the line between a robust statistical language and a sort-of browser driven Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Stata is very good at taking in medium to large data sets and running economic regressions. It is speedier at doing so than many other similar programs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

The options for data structure are rather limited compared to other similar programs such as R. There is also a cap of around 2 billion observations that can be used at any one time. It's not easy to run into, but if you have more than 2B observations it can be a pain. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Easy to learn how to use. Interface is easy to navigate. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

You have to be familiar with coding statistics, or be willing to learn how to. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Stata is easy to learn and easy to use. Recommend Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It is not as powerful as other software. Would like better documentation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like the interface, ease of use (once you learn how to use it), efficiency. It’s one of the most popular programs, so it’s easy to find compatible data sets or exchange information with colleagues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It’s kind of picky when it comes to typing your commands (i.e. won’t work, if you miss a comma etc.). But this is valid for all programming applications. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Stata is very powerful, allows for indepth analysis. Once you learn how to use it, it can be used for virtually any analysis, but the learning curve is steep. Graphing functions and elegant analyses are the pros. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Learning the tricks to using stata can be difficult. Unforgiving data editor. Limited online resources when you run into problems. Stata is also for unforgiving when trying to reshape data from wide to long format. Trying to find the correct verbiage online is troublesome. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

I like that you can copy and paste cvs files as data. I find the help command really useful. I also like that it is easy to merge datasets. I also like that I'm able to link it to dropbox so it updates the dofiles. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Commands change between updates so sometimes Mgen will work in my office on campus but not when I work on my laptop remotely. Sometimes I have to update files. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

ease of using- simple commands to get analyses Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

some confusion with the help center when getting an error Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.