One of the things my students first get stuck on is how to find things (e.g. files, directories, variables with particular labels or notes) in Stata. There are a lot of commands to find things like files/datasets, directories, command help documentation, user commands/ado-files, variables, values, notes/chars , etc -- there are some commands that find only one of these things, some commands can find several of these things, and most of these things can be found by more than one command. It can be a bit overwhelming and confusing and I've found that students who fall behind early in a class using Stata often get stuck at the point of being able to find these things -- particularly directories and command ado/help files. Of course good use of a search engine is a key resource, but the table below gives an overview of the commands I use to find these things in Stata (this table can also found in my Module 1 Lecture for PHPM 672). Undoubtedly, there are other commands that wi
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