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***  Data Management through e-Social Science
**
**    www.dames.org.uk 
**
** 
** ESRC DAMES Research Node, data management training programme: 
**
**
**   Workshop of 24-25 August 2009 
**     Data Management for Social Survey Research
**
**
**     LAB 2: ADVANCED DATA MANAGEMENT WITH STATA 
**
**
**      www.dames.org.uk 
**      Paul Lambert / Vernon Gayle, 24 August 2009
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******    LAB 2 MASTER FILE 
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****** Contents: 
*
*
*    profile.do
*    file_matching_extensions.do
*    documentation_for_replication.do 
*    variable_operationalisations.do
*    rae_exemplar.do
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**** i) PROFILE.DO 
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** INSTRUCTIONS: 1) OPEN AND INSPECT THE COPY OF THE DO FILE 'PROFILE.DO'
**              WHICH IS AVAILABLE ON THW WEBSITE OR IN THE S DRIVE FOR LAB PARTICIPANTS

adopath

**              2) SAVE THE 'PROFILE.DO' FILE TO ONE OF THE DIRECTORIES LISTED AFTER 
*                    THE 'ADOPATH' COMMAND, SUCH AS 'C:\ado\' IF APPLICABLE 
**                

**             3) EXIT AND RE-OPEN YOUR STATA SESSION 
* 






***  Observe that from now on, when you open Stata the 'profile.do' command
*           is run, and this sets up a few shortcuts and definitions 
*           to your sessions. You could of course edit / add some new 
*           commands to the profile file. 
*    Such specifications can prove extremely helpful in complex data management operations. 
***


datetime

** type the 'F8' key on the command interface

** Comments: The two above actions now invoke small macros which were defined 
*              by the profile file 



*** This note drew heavily on p355-6 of: 
*    Long, J. S. (2009). The Workflow of Data Analysis Using Stata. Boca Raton: CRC Press.
***



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**** ii) PATH SPECIFICATIONS
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global lab2loc "d:\dames09\do_files\"

**** Comments:  
** This command specifies a 'macro' which records the path where the sub-files 
*   called upon below are located . 

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**** iii) FILE MATCHING EXTENSIONS
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capture log close
log using $lab2loc\file_matching_extensions_log.txt, replace text
do $lab2loc\file_matching_extensions.do 
capture log close




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**** iv) DOCUMENTATION FOR REPLICATION
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capture log close
log using $lab2loc\documentation_for_replication_log.txt, replace text
do $lab2loc\documentation_for_replication.do 
capture log close



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**** v) VARIABLE_OPERATIONALISATIONS.DO 
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** INSTRUCTION: OPEN AND PROCEED THROUGH THE CONTENTS OF ' VARIABLE_OPERATIONALISATIONS.DO' 


capture log close
log using $lab2loc\variable_operationalisations_log.txt, replace text
do $lab2loc\variable_operationalisations.do 
capture log close


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**** vi) RAE Exemplar analysis
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capture log close
log using $lab2loc\rae_exemplar_log.txt, replace text
do $lab2loc\rae_exemplar.do 
capture log close





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