JT

John T.

Accountant

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

11/23/2019

"Best Analytical Software!"

5/5

What do you like best about Stata?

Stata is a statistical software that can be used by any form of organization regardless of which field they are in, what i love most about Stata is that It has an easy interface, commands are well explained inside the help section and online manual, wide community support. it is easy to navigate, use of graphs for presentations and analysis it is user friendly, As compared to other statistical softwares, i would say stata is ranked among the best due to its endless list of benefits. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Stata?

Its quite challenging to the new users and beginners and for one to confidently use stata in the research process, one needs to have in-depth knowledge, such as in graphical interpretations, use of regression and standard errors. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Stata:

Stata has all necessary statistical methods implemented inside, hence recommended for any form of organization. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Stata solving and how is that benefiting you?

For research purposes, it has been one of our favorite software, once data has been collected and entered in the system, we are able to generate and interpret results with ease using graphs, pie charts, regressions are made very simple in stata and it is super easy to get a variety of standard errors as well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

ZA

Zein A.

Analyst

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

1/17/2020

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"Great for students, not corporate."

3.5/5

What do you like best about Stata?

STATA is so simple to use, all tutorials can be found online, YES - it can be difficult at first, but it is widely used and available which helps solve minute bugs and details. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Stata?

I dislike that you have to update and add instalment often, this is time consuming. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UR

Verified User in Research

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

8/28/2020

"Powerful yet user friendly"

5/5

What do you like best about Stata?

Ability to use drop down menus but also input coding Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Stata?

Graphics aren’t sophisticated and aesthetically appealing Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MF

Muteli F.

Business Intelligence Specialist

Cosmetics

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/10/2019

"Tool for Sophisticated Analysis"

5/5

What do you like best about Stata?

Stata is a widely used application in the higher education system. The reason behind it is that it is relatively easy to learn and use compared similar software that exists on the market. I have been using Stata for several years now and I can proudly say that it can do advanced analysis pretty well. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Stata?

The price for Stata seems to be very high but after years of using it, I can say that the product is not overpriced, on the contrary, is it underpriced, because of its vast potential. After one realizes how useful this software can be its price no longer seems high. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

LB

Leo B.

Senior Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Higher Education

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

5/21/2019

"Stata - You should use, no questions asked!"

5/5

What do you like best about Stata?

Stata is my favorite statistical software, by far. I have used SPSS, SAS and R, and Stata combines ease of use with powerful capabilities. SPSS is a little clunky, SAS is not as intuitive and R isn't standardized. I definitely recommend Stata for any scientist looking to perform his own statistics. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Stata?

No complaints. You need to purchase or get institutional access to a license, unlike R or SAS Univesity. I don't think Stata has powerful data science-type programs, but I don't use them and haven't looked. I don't like the graph visualizations. It's clunky to use. I end up transferring the raw data into GraphPad Prism. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Stata:

I would definitely try and develop a background in computer programming or take an introductory Stata course. It is easy to pickup Stata if you have previous computer programming experience. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Stata solving and how is that benefiting you?

Stata has made it infinitely easier to perform statistical calculations. With Do Files, I can replicate my own analyses, retrace my steps and apply my methods to other analyses. Stata has all the capabilities necessary for the majority of biomedical analyses. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UI

Verified User in Internet

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

9/8/2019

"Great for econometric analysis"

5/5

What do you like best about Stata?

Regressions are made very simply in stata.. super easy to get a variety of standard errors as well. This is my favorite software for statistical analysis; and it is very useful for academic research. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Stata?

Hard to use on a cloud desktop, so in a sense limited by the memory of my laptop. I know there is a way to connect to a cloud desltop but I tried and failed. Wish they would simplify it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Stata:

Great software for statistical analysis. If it is your first time using it simply type help in the command bar, and you will most likely find your answer. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Stata solving and how is that benefiting you?

Used for doing research. Useful for forecasting and estimating causal effects. It is also good for doing professional looking plots that are used for analysis. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

UR

Verified User in Research

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

10/23/2019

"The best software for data analysis"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Stata?

It is easy to use with both interface and syntax. It is very fast compared to other statistical softwares. Novel statistical methods have been upgraded in each year with a new version. Data cleaning, quality-control and formating datasets are very useful and easy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Stata?

The printing format for the results may be better. Editing graphs may be more flexible and easy. Sometimes the available packages is ot enough for the research, such as circular statistics. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

SR

Shan R.

Business Consultant

Management Consulting

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

4/7/2019

Business partner of the seller or seller's competitor, not included in G2 scores.

"Usability of STATA"

4.5/5

What do you like best about Stata?

Easy standalone statistical application Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Stata?

Does have the attractive or friendly GUI Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Stata:

The graphical user interface should be improved and incorporate easy to use functions in the menu toolbar itself. STATA website should provide video tutorials on how to perform some of the statistical analysis as most code run functions are technical and requires advance knowledge. Even though the statistical outputs can be extracted to microsoft word and excels, the extraction process and coding is tedious, should develop a more user friendly extraction process of the outputs. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Stata solving and how is that benefiting you?

One of advanced statistical software in the market. Able to perform simple statistical to most advanced structural equations and time series analyses. It was very useful for conducting and carrying out econometrics for economic social researches. In built statistical methods for identifying outliers and eradicating them are very useful. STATA requires minimum system requirements and low level of system RAM so it can easily operated on all machines. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

MP

Marina P.

Intern at Piccolo Law Firm

Law Practice

Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)

11/19/2019

"It's not the best program that could be used for what it does"

2.5/5

What do you like best about Stata?

I like that there are tabs at the top of the program so you don't necessarily need to remember all the codes Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Stata?

I dislike that it can be very glitchy/specific like if you used a capital vs lower case letter it won't work Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

ST

Samantha T.

Senior Biostatistician

Hospital & Health Care

Enterprise (> 1000 emp.)

9/23/2019

"STATA Useful for Convergence Issues"

4/5

What do you like best about Stata?

STATA has been handy when attempting to run complex models that are sometimes met with convergence issues when using SAS. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Stata?

The coding language is not as intuitive as one would like Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Stata solving and how is that benefiting you?

I use STATA when working with complex statistical models that have convergence issues in other statistical software such as SAS. For example, I was attempting to run a longitudinal negative binomial model with hierarchical clustering and found that STATA was able to handle this model with no issues, but SAS could not reach convergence. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.