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Causal Inference: What If. R and Stata code for Exercises

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Repository of R and Stata code for the exercises in Causal Inference: What If by Hernán and Robins

  • The R code by Joy Shi and Sean McGrath is available here
  • The Stata code by Eleanor Murray and Roger Logan is available here
  • The book by by Hernán MA and Robins JM is available here
  • These files are rendered using bookdown.

Install dependencies

  • If you have downloaded/forked this repository you can install the R dependencies with (assuming your working directory is at the top level of the repo): 
    # install.packages("devtools") # uncomment if devtools not installed
devtools::install_dev_deps()
  • You can install the Stata dependencies, in Stata, with 
    do depdendency

Building the book

  • If you need to install LaTeX, in R install the tinytex package (which is included in the dependencies) and run

    tinytex::install_tinytex()

  • Render all formats

    rmarkdown::render_site(encoding = 'UTF-8')

  • Render the PDF book

    rmarkdown::render_site(output_format = 'bookdown::pdf_book', encoding = 'UTF-8')

  • Render the HTML book

    rmarkdown::render_site(output_format = 'bookdown::gitbook_book', encoding = 'UTF-8')

  • Render the EPUB book

    rmarkdown::render_site(output_format = 'bookdown::epub_book', encoding = 'UTF-8')

  • Preview a specific chapter

    bookdown::preview_chapter("chapter-filename.Rmd")

  • To build the chapters containing Stata code:

    • You need Stata installed on your machine.
    • Running devtools::install_dev_deps() should install the Statamarkdown package by Doug Hemken.
    • The Statamarkdown package needs to be able to find your installed Stata.
    • In Stata, install the Stata dependencies, in Stata, with: do dependency.