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***  Data Management through e-Social Science
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**    www.dames.org.uk 
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** ESRC DAMES Research Node, data management training programme: 
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**   Workshop of 24-25 August 2009 
**     Data Management for Social Survey Research
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**     LAB 1: CORE DATA MANAGEMENT WITH STATA 
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**      www.dames.org.uk 
**      Paul Lambert / Vernon Gayle, 24 August 2009
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******    LAB 1 MASTER FILE 
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global lab1loc "d:\dames09\do_files\"
do $lab1loc\lab0.do 
do $lab1loc\lab1_highlights.do 



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***** Comments on the above: 


** A master file is most useful which it shows a concise sequential list of necessary
*   commands - the list above. 

** In this instance, we don't really want to run all the files in a single loop 
*   (and in any case they will be tripped up by deliberate errors within them before 
*     finishing) but it is a useful documentation device to list the files anyway. 

** Below we explain a little what is involved in them. 






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**** i) PATH SPECIFICATIONS
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*global lab1loc "S:\DAMES\workshops\stir_training_aug09\content\3_lab1_core\do_files\"

**** Comments:  
** This command specifies a 'macro' which records the path where the sub-files 
*   called upon below are located . 
** You'll need to adjust it to the suitable path on the machine you're using. 
** When you invoke the sub-files, those files will themselves
*    define a number of further data paths in due course 
*    (the specifications coming at the top of the respective files). 
** Some users prefer to keep all their path specifications in a single separate do file, 
*    and define all paths at once by invoking that file, e.g. "do paths.do" 
****

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**** ii) LAB0.DO : AN EXTERNAL FILE 
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** INSTRUCTION: OPEN AND PROCEED THROUGH THE CONTENTS OF 'LAB0.DO' 

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** 'lab0.do' features a general introduction to data management and data analysis 
*     in Stata. 
** It was generated in a related ESRC project called 'Longitudinal Data Analysis for 
*    Social Science Researchers'
** It is a very long file which features explanatory notes on its components. 
*
** We recommend taking your time to work through the file as a good way to learn 
*     Stata to a reaonsably advanced level. 
*
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* For good documentation.... : 

*capture log close
*log using $lab1loc\lab0_log.txt, replace text
*do $lab1loc\lab0.do 
*capture log close

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** We don't recommend that you invoke the file in a single go - but the above command 
*    illustrates how you could go about that if you wanted to. 
** (You would also need to comment out the 'STOP' text at the top of the file - something
*     which is explained within the subfile). 
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**** iii) LAB1_HIGHLIGHTS.DO : A SHORT DATA MANAGEMENT HIGHLIGHTS FILE 
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***** 'data management highlights' - you're kidding, right? 


** INSTRUCTION: OPEN AND PROCEED THROUGH THE CONTENTS OF 'LAB0.DO' 


* Alternatively... : 

*capture log close
*log using $lab1loc\lab1_highlights_log.txt, replace text
*do $lab1loc\lab1_highlights.do 
*capture log close


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** We recommend opening this file in your do editor and working your way through it.
**  We've picked out some illustrations of common and useful data management features 
*      as they are implemented in Stata. 
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