Errata for An Introduction to Stata for Health Researchers

The errata for An Introduction to Stata for Health Researchers are provided below. Click here for an explanation of how to read an erratum. Click here to learn how to determine the printing number of a book.

(1) Chapter 5, p. 50, middle of page
. generate str sdate = string(date, %d) . generate str sdate = string(date, "%d")
(1) Chapter 17, p. 284, nlog.ado box
winexec "C:\Program files\NoteTab Light\NoteTab.exe" "`r(filename'" winexec "C:\Program files\NoteTab Light\NoteTab.exe" "`r(filename)'"
(1) Chapter 17, p. 285, last sentence
Download them to C:\ado\personal if you want to use them. profile.do is downloaded to the same folder as the datasets and other do-files; from here you should copy it to C:\ado\personal if you want to make it work. You should read through profile.do to see if you want to use it as is or if you want to modify it for your particular Stata and computer configuration.

The ado-files are typically downloaded to C:\ado\plus.