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Technology at SCU

Stata

Sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences, Santa Clara University provides a campus-wide license for Stata SE 18.

Stata is a powerful data analysis and statistical software package that provides a range of features for data management, visualization, and modeling. It is widely used in the fields of social sciences, economics, public health, and many other research areas.

Features of the campus-wide license:

  • All SCU faculty, researchers, staff, and students can download and install these products on university and personal computers.
  • One centrally managed license agreement.
  • Commercial use of Stata SE 18 products is not covered by the Campus-Wide License.
  • Full customer support offered by Stata.

Stata provides extensive resources for learning how to use the software:

Stata video tutorials
Resources for learning Stata

Information about teaching with Stata, and other instructor resources:

Teaching with Stata

Free introductory and "tips and tricks" webinars are regularly offered by Stata to get new users started (Some webinars are offered in Spanish):

Stata's YouTube channel

To review the most up-to-date installation instructions for your device, please refer to the Stata installation website:Stata installation guide

Stata software is available to members of the SCU community through the campus-wide site license. Downloads for Windows, macOS, and Linux are available (access is limited to the SCU community) for Stata 18:

Stata 18 - Windows installer

Stata 18 - macOS disk image

Stata 18 - license activation key

All technical support is offered by Stata:
Contact Stata Tech Support

Before contacting support, follow Stata's instructions at the link above to register your software, and to get the serial number.

Once you've registered your software, and know your serial number, the best way to receive customer support is via Stata’s dedicated technical support team via email:

  • Hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Central Time, Monday through Friday.
  • Include your serial number on the subject line of your email.
  • Send your email to tech-support@stata.com.