LASSO

 

Stata’s new lasso tools let you extract real features from mountains of data. With those features, you can

 

Predict outcomes

Characterize groups and patterns in your data

Search over highly nonlinear potential relationships

Perform inference on covariates of interest

Handle endogenous covariates or unobserved confounders

 

We give you the tools to be sure you are finding real features and not just artifacts in a particular sample.

 

Why so many uses?

 

Lasso has its roots in

 

machine-learning

statistics

econometrics

 

 

Which is to say, it has established capabilities in real-world applications, the rigor of known statistical properties, and the promise of yet more applications.

 

You can use it on smaller datasets too.