Folders

Folder setup

First, decide about where to store data and code for this textbook. In all codes we will call on data and code folders separately, so you will have to set them at the start of the code.

  1. The folder for code (and output) is da_case_studies
  2. The folder for data (clean, raw and cleaning codes) is da_data_repo

Second, in the data folder, just copy downloaded dataset folders, such as
da_data_repo/hotels-vienna. Indeed, datasets are stored in a separate data repository, called da_data_repo, where each dataset is in a separate folder. It will have two subfolders: clean and raw, where the clean will include the cleaner filers and variable description, VARIABLES.xls.

da_data_repo
│
├──hotels-vienna
│  └──clear
│      ├── hotels-vienna.csv
│      ├── hotels-vienna_cleaning.do
│      ├── hotels-vienna_cleaning.R
│      ├── README.txt
│      └── VARIABLES.xls
│   └──raw
│      ├── hotelbookingdata-vienna.csv
│      ├── README.txt
│      └── vienna_filter.R
│
├──... (other datasets)

Third, in the code folder, each case study will have a folder, such as
da_case_studies/ch07-hotel-simple-reg

This folder will host all the codes in R, Stata and Python (notebook), like

  1. ch07-hotel-simple-reg_intro.do
  2. ch07-hotel-simple-reg_intro.R
  3. ch07-hotel-simple-reg_intro.ipynb

This is where the /output folder will be created (empty when you start) that will have all graps and tables produced from code.

Fourth make sure to have the folder ch00-tech-prep downloaded and copied into da_case_studies/.
This folder has all the codes to install necessary packages, and settings.
If you get the whole code package, it is automatically included.

Fifth In the da_case_studies/ folder you will have some other small bits of code like setting up the directory for the datasets.

da_case_studies  
├── set-data-directory.do
├── set-data-directory.R
|
├──ch00-tech-prep
|   ├── ch00_install_libraries.do
|   ├── ch00_install_libraries.R
|   ├── da_helper_functions.do
|   ├── da_helper_functions.R
|   └── theme_bg.R
|
├──... (other case studies)
|
├──ch07-hotel-simple-reg
│   ├── ch07-hotel-simple-reg_intro.do
|   ├── ch07-hotel-simple-reg_intro.R
│   ├── ch07-hotel-simple-reg_intro.ipynb
|   |
|   ├── hotels-work.csv
|   |
|   └── output
|       ├── ch07_graph1.png
|       ├── ch07_graph2.png
|       ├── ch07_table1.tex
|       └── ...
|
├──... (other case studies)