Your computer has a directory structure with a base directory and sub-directories. You might have a sub-directory for each project you are working on and, within that directory, a sub-directory for each paper within that project. For your research you will need to store many different kinds of files including documentation and notes, original data, created data, scripts for creating variables, scripts for data analysis, log files, and results files. The specific organization might be different for each project and even for each collaborator on a project. Nonetheless, you should have a plan for organizing and documenting the location of each element. One approach might be to create a sub-directory for each kind of document. Further, naming directories something usefully descriptive can make it easier for you to find the files that you want.
