Product features

Stata/SE

(Standard Edition)

Stata/MP

2-core

4-core

6+

Maximum number of variables

Maximum number of columns/fields allowed in your dataset.

Up to 2,048 variables

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Up to 32,767 variables

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Up to 120,000 variables

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Maximum number of observations

Maximum number of rows/records in your dataset.

Stata/MP holds up to 20 billion observations given the current largest computer, and is ready for more once computer hardware catches up.

Up to 2.14 billion

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Up to 20 billion

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Speed comparisons

Stata is fast.
Stata/MP is the fastest edition of Stata and handles the largest datasets. All modern computers can take advantage of the advanced multiprocessing of Stata/MP. This means
- Stata/MP2 runs almost two times faster than Stata/SE
- Stata/MP4 runs almost four times faster than Stata/SE
- Higher MP licenses run even faster

Fast

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Twice as fast as Fast

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Almost four times as fast as Fast

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Even faster

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Time to run logistic regression with 10 million observations and 20 covariates

20 seconds

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10 seconds

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5.2 seconds

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< 5.2 seconds

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Maximum number of independent variables

Maximum number of explanatory variables allowed in a model. In the linear regression case, the maximum number of regressors.

798

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10,998

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65,532

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Complete suite of statistical features

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Publication-quality graphics

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Extensive data management facilities

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Truly reproducible research

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Comprehensive reporting

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Powerful programming language

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Complete PDF documentation

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Over 14,000 pages of documentation, including fully worked examples and methods and formulas.

Exceptional technical support

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Includes within-release updates

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Windows, macOS, and Linux

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All Stata licenses run on all three platforms.

And much more for all your data science needs

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Memory requirements

2 GB

4 GB

Disk space requirements

2 GB

2 GB