The Workflow of Data Analysis Using Stata

About this book

The Workflow of Data Analysis Using Stata by J. Scott Long is an essential productivity tool for data analysts. Long presents lessons gained from his experience and demonstrates how to design and implement efficient workflows for both one-person projects and team projects. After introducing workflows and explaining how a better workflow can make it easier to work with data Long describes planning organizing and documenting your work. He then introduces how to write and debug Stata do-files and how to use local and global macros. After a discussion of conventions that greatly simplify data analysis the author covers cleaning analyzing and protecting data.