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Configure your computer

Statistics and Computation

Set up TeXmacs Set up Visual Studio Code Set up Sublime Text Install Python Packages Install Stata Packages Set up Git and GitHub Set up LaTeX Set up MATLAB Set up Pandoc Set up Perl Set up Python Set up R and RStudio Set up Stata

Automation and Workflows

Making Path Settings Permanent Set up Command Line Tools Set up Docker Set up Make Set up Snakemake Set up TeamViewer Set up the AWS Client

Research Infrastructure

Learn About the Various Ways to Setup a Research Infrastructure Cloud Computing with SURFsara's Cartesius Cluster Cloud Computing with SURFsara's LISA Cluster Getting Started with Research Cloud HPC TiU for Cloud Computing Set up SURF Research Drive and Rclone to Store Data Setting Up a New Workspace and Configuring Git Use Google Colab to Run Python in the Cloud

Task-specific Configurations

Configure Python virtual environments Configuring Python for Web Scraping

Develop your research skills

Learn to Code

Learn Bash Commands Learn Python and Julia Learn R Learn Regular Expressions

Searching for Literature on the Web Build and Maintain a Reference List Cite Efficiently in Your Academic Paper Principles for Good Coding Python Coding Style Guidelines R Coding Style Guidelines Stata Coding Style Guidelines Comparing text editors

Collect your data

Web Scraping & APIs

Avoid Getting Blocked While Scraping Extract Data From APIs Read & Write Data From APIs Scrape Dynamic Websites Scrape Static Websites

Workflows for Online Data Collection

Assess what Data is Available Calculate Sample Sizes for Web Scrapers Monitor and Safeguard Your Data Quality Online Data Collection and Management Online Data Sources for Economists Safeguard Legal Compliance When Scraping

Store and document your data

Store Data

Choose a Data Repository for Long-Term Storage Download Data Programmatically Safely Store Your Credentials By Configuring Environment Variables Use AWS S3 Buckets

Document Data

Document New Data README Best Practices

Prepare your data for analysis

Data Preparation

Handle Large Datasets In Python Practical Example with Dask Import Large Datasets Into R Manipulate Data Clean Numeric Data Scraped From Social Media SPSS Data in R Data Preparation and Workflow Management Text Pre-processing in R

Analyze data

Regressions

Run a Regression Analysis Easy Standard Error Adjustment with `estimatr` Evaluate Model Assumptions Fixed-Effects Estimation in R with the fixest Package Compute Marginal Effects Impact evaluation with Difference-in-Differences and Regression Discontinuity Synthetic control for impact evaluation Doing Calculations with Regression Coefficients Using deltaMethod Generate regression tables in R with the `modelsummary` package Intro to IV Estimation Create a publication-ready LaTeX regression table with `kableExtra` in R Generate a coefficient plot in R with the `modelplot` function

Machine Learning

In-depth Introduction to Machine Learning and R

Automate and execute your work

Automate your Workflow

Use Makefiles to Manage, Automate, and Reproduce Projects Enhance Reproducibility and Automation with GitHub Actions Debugging Makefiles With Remake How to Automatically Install R Packages Used in a Project Schedule Recurring Tasks (e.g., by day, hour) Error Handling in Stata Workflows Using R tableFill for Reproducible Tables Make Tables and Figures Reproducible with Autofilling Values Share Large Temporary Files Use this Checklist to Improve Your Project's Structure and Efficiency

Make your Work Reproducible

Use Software Environments to Ensure Replicability Configure a VM with GPUs in Google Cloud Package Management for R: renv Import and run a Python environment on Google cloud with Docker Export a Python environment with Docker and share it through Docker Hub Docker for Reproducible Research Manage your R Packages with Packrat Run RStudio on AWS using Docker

Collaborate and share your work

Write your Paper

Use Overleaf to Collaborate on Research Papers LyX for Professional Research Papers and Presentations Get Started With Our Bookdown Thesis Template Get Started With Our LaTeX Thesis Template Stata Graphs Made Easy Stargazer: Exporting Publication-Ready Tables in R Cheatsheet for LaTeX Math Commands

Professionalize Project Management

Manage Your Projects Using the GitHub Project Board How to Prepare for (and Follow-up On) Scrum Meetings Best Practices for GitHub Issues Management Bring Open Science Practices to your Research Group

Publish on the Web

Build Interactive Dashboards with R Shiny Publish Ebooks and Interactive Articles Directly From R

Building Blocks