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Why CSA?

Flexible, On-Demand Learning

Learn Stata at your own pace anytime, from anywhere. Ideal for professionals balancing work, research and study.

Created by Experienced Professionals

Developed by leading Stata experts with decades of experience training thousands of researchers, executives and research students.

Receive Deep, Applied Training

Develop enduring professional competency by cultivating future-proof analytical skills, delivered by humans and supported by AI.

Earn a Recognised Certification in Stata

CSA is an assessment-based certification that validates genuine competency through quality-assured learning standards.

Designed for Real-World Professional Use

Develop practical skills through applied workflows and authentic analytical tasks, equipping you for confident application in professional settings.

Improve Confidence and Productivity Immediately

Build real proficiency and demonstrate mastery in data analytics through a structured, step-by-step learning pathway.

Become a Certified Stata Analyst (CSA)

The Core Modules (CM)

Core Modules

Develop fundamental skills for boosting productivity when working with Stata by producing research that is accurate, explicit, tractable, well documented and exactly reproducible.

Core Modules

Develop core proficiencies for constructing comprehensive workflow approaches to data management, from the point of data acquisition to data management, organisation, documentation, and archiving.

Core Modules

Develop tools and approaches that target the development of versatile and parsimonious routines for executing automated operations that minimise discretionary human input and allow for scalability and replicability.

Core Modules

Develop deep understanding for managing and analysing datetime information, time-dependent variation, factorial structures, and learn how to combine, transform and restructure multiple sources of data.

Core Modules

Develop core knowledge of graphics language and approaches for conducting flexible, scalable, and publication-quality visual data analysis across diverse professional and research contexts.

Click on an individual CM to learn more or register!

Who should consider becoming a CSA?

If you work with data and want to demonstrate professional-level Stata expertise, this certification is designed for you. It’s ideal for anyone looking to validate their analytical skills, strengthen their credibility, and advance their career.

Industry & Consulting

  • Independent data analysts and consultants
  • Market and financial analysts
  • Quality control and evaluation specialists

Research & Academia

  • Academic researchers
  • PhD students and research assistants
  • Methodologically focused scholars seeking to upskill

Government & Policy

  • Government analysts
  • Public policy and public health researchers
  • Social and economic data analysts

And many more...

Biostatisticians, epidemiologists, and demographers | Economists and econometricians

Social scientists, sociologists, and geographers | Journalists working with data

Veterinarians and zoologists using research data | Anyone who uses data professionally

Become a Lead Certified Stata Analyst (CSA-Lead)

Upgrade your certification to Lead Certified Stata Analyst (CSA-Lead), by taking additional training provided by Extension Modules.

The Extension Modules (EM) expand the knowledge attained in Core Modules with more advanced knowledge and tools.

Core Modules

Extends CM1 with detailed analysis of mathematical, statistical, qualification, recoding, random number generating functions, and a complete coverage of extended generate capabilities.

Core Modules

Extends CM2 with an in-depth analysis of data validation techniques and tools assuring the qualitative characteristics of data and learn how resolve issues that comprise data quality.

Core Modules

Extends CM3 with the development of user-written programs that extend the capabilities of official Stata by automating adaptable and scalable workflows.

Core Modules

Extends CM4 with an analysis of complex Unicode text data and corpus of documents, with a focus on flexible regular expression language.

Core Modules

Extends CM5 with a focus on visual distribution diagnosis, estimation and model uncertainty visualisation, and visual analysis of margins and predictions.