An Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis Using Stata®: From Research Design to Final Report

About Lisa DanielsNicholas W. Minot

Lisa Daniels is the Hodson Trust Professor Emeritus of Economics at Washington College in Chestertown Maryland. She specializes in development in Africa where she worked for 10 years beginning as a Peace Corps volunteer. During her time in Africa she studied agricultural markets market information systems poverty trends and micro- and small-scale enterprises. As part of her research on micro- and small-scale enterprises she directed national surveys of 7000 to 56000 households and businesses in Bangladesh Botswana Kenya Malawi and Zimbabwe funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development. In each survey she was responsible for the questionnaire design sample selection data collection and analysis and report preparation. Her work from these surveys and other research in Africa and Asia appears in consulting reports and in peer-reviewed journals. In addition to research and fieldwork she has taught a range of courses over the past 28 years including a research methods course and a data analysis course that she has taught over 20  times. She has also presented her work related to teaching at more than a dozen workshops. Nicholas Minot is a Senior Research Fellow at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in Washington D.C. Since joining IFPRI in 1997 he has carried out research on agricultural market reform income diversification spatial patterns in policy and food price volatility in developing countries. This research often involves carrying out surveys of farmers cooperatives traders and consumers to better understand changes in food marketing systems. In addition to research he is involved in outreach and capacity-building activities including offering short courses on the use of Stata for survey data analysis. Before joining IFPRI he taught at the University of Illinois in UrbanaChampaign served as a policy adviser in Zimbabwe and analyzed survey data in Rwanda. Overall he has worked in more than two dozen countries in Latin America sub-Saharan Africa North Africa and Asia.