brad-stata

November 3, 2025 ยท View on GitHub

Stata packages developed by RTI's bbradfield for Stata 15+

Packages

Package NameVersionDateDescription
bradsuiteN/A11/16/17Installs all the following brad commands at once
biggertab1.0.111/03/25Displays cross-tabs of variables, allowing 3+ variables
bradbook1.0.303/13/18Creates a cleaner codebook for export to Word
braddes0.2.003/25/21Describe data in a single-line per variable format
bradmean1.8.203/07/25Computes multiple independent means in a single table
bradmean_old1.3.802/16/18Computes multiple independent means in a single table
bradout1.0.102/07/22Outputs multiple estimation results in a clean table
bradsto1.0.002/03/22Stores estimates for use in bradout

bradsto is packaged with bradout

Install

To install from Github, copy and paste the following code:

. net install <package>, from(https://raw.github.com/bbradfield/brad-stata/master/) replace

To install manually, download the .ado, .sthlp, and bradsuite.mata files and place them in the following directory:

~/ado/plus/b/

To update when connected to the internet on Stata, use:

adoupdate <package>, update
OR
adoupdate, update

On Naming

BRADsuite was originally developed as a series of internal tools for RTI research and development. Its name connotes its purposes and origins for use in business research and development (BRAD).

Other notes

Biggertab was inspired by Paul H. Bern's command 'bigtab'. Bradout/Bradsto was inspired by Ben Jann's 'eststo'/'estout'.