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2) Setup files that each person can identify the location of each type of directory in their file structure. We give a bit more detail on how this works hereADD MORE SPECIFICS.
3) A main do file that executes project do files in order. Note that you should nest do files within other do files. For example, you might have a do file that executes all of the code to create your analysis files. Another do file could execute all the scripts to do the data analysis. The main do file would call and execute both.
4) A system of logging the state of the computer when it ran the analysis, the set of steps to produce the results, and the results.5) Code produces tables with the results you report. Certainly don’t type results into a table from a stata results window, but it's also not ideal to cut and paste. (See automate)
We are also developing techniques to automate the production of tables for publication. See automate for more.