Stata 18 is a major statistical software release that continues StataCorp’s long-standing focus on providing a unified environment for data management, statistical analysis, graphics, and reproducible research. Designed for researchers across economics, epidemiology, biostatistics, social sciences, and public policy, Stata 18 expands functionality, improves performance, and introduces new tools that simplify complex workflows.
| Feature Category | Stata 17 Highlights | Stata 18 Highlights | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | | Basic Treatment Effects, Lasso | Panel Data Treatment Effects ( eteffects ) , Heterogeneous DID ( hetdid ) | | Survival Analysis | Multilevel Survival Models | Interval-Censored Cox ( stintcox ) | | Output | collect command introduced | Robust tables command for publication tables | | Meta-Analysis | Network Meta-Analysis | Dose-Response Meta-Analysis , Trim-and-Fill | | Visualization | Customizable tables (collect) | Streamplots , Graph Editor macro recording | | Hardware | Apple Silicon via Rosetta | Native Apple Silicon Support | Stata 18
: As datasets grow to millions of rows, frames reduce memory usage and prevent accidental data corruption from multiple merges. Stata 18 is a major statistical software release
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