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RESEARCH WORKFLOW USING STATA

RESEARCH WORKFLOW USING STATA. How to Be an Effective Researcher CCPR Workshop. The workflow OF DATA ANALYSIS USING STATA . J. Scott Long. Three ways to execute commands. Three ways to execute commands. Three ways to execute commands. Do-files. Advantages of using do-files.

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RESEARCH WORKFLOW USING STATA

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  1. RESEARCH WORKFLOW USING STATA How to Be an Effective Researcher CCPR Workshop

  2. The workflow OF DATA ANALYSIS USING STATA J. Scott Long

  3. Three ways to execute commands

  4. Three ways to execute commands

  5. Three ways to execute commands

  6. Do-files

  7. Advantages of using do-files You have a record of the commands you ran. You can rerun them in the future to replicate your results You can quickly modify your code 2. You can use the features of the text editor i.e. copy/paste, find and replace, select all

  8. two rules of using do-files Do-files must be robust Robust do-files produce exactly the same result when run at a later time or on another computer 2. Do-files must be legible Legible do-files are documented and formatted so that it is easy to understand what is being done

  9. Making do-files robust Robust do-files are self-contained

  10. Making do-files robust Exclude directory information

  11. Making do-files robust Include seeds for random numbers Use version control

  12. Making do-files legible Use comments!! Legible do-files are internally documented and formatted

  13. Making do-files legible Use alignment and indentation

  14. Making do-files legible Limit your abbreviations

  15. saving your session to a log

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