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{title:causaldata}

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{bf:usecausaldata} {hline 2} Locates and opens data sets from the causaldata package


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{cmd:usecausaldata} dataset, [clear download wd]

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{synopt:{opt dataset}} Open which data set? See {cmd: causaldata} for a list of data sets and information about them.{p_end}
{synopt:{opt clear}} Clear the current data before opening the new one.{p_end}
{synopt:{opt download}} {cmd:usecausaldata} will attempt to find {opt dataset} in the adopath, and then in the working directory. If it can't find it, it will try to download it, and will prompt the user to confirm. If {opt download} is specified, the prompt will be skipped and any necessary data will be auto-downloaded.{p_end}
{synopt:{opt wd}} Leave all the downloaded data sets in the working directory rather than moving them to the adopath.{p_end}
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{cmd:usecausaldata} locates data sets that can be downloaded and accessed with the {cmd:causaldata} package, and if it can't find them, downloads them for you and attempts to place them in the adopath.
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Most of the time you won't be using {cmd:usecausaldata} directly, and will instead just use {cmd:causaldata} with the {opt use} option.
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Nick Huntington-Klein
nhuntington-klein@seattleu.edu


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{phang} Cunningham. 2021. Causal Inference: The Mixtape. Yale Press. {browse "https://mixtape.scunning.com/index.html": Link}.{p_end}
{phang} Hernán and Robins. 2020. Causal Inference: What If. Chapman & Hall/CRC. {browse "https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/miguel-hernan/causal-inference-book/": Link}.{p_end}
{phang} Huntington-Klein. 2021. The Effect: An Introduction to Research Design and Causality. {browse "https://theeffectbook.net": Link}.{p_end}