Re: AW: AW: st: RE: SAS Transport

[David Airey <david.airey@Vanderbilt.Edu>]

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One of R's shortcomings (compared to Stata) is variable labels.

http://www.statmethods.net/input/variablelables.html

Also see page 58 & 63 of

http://rforsasandspssusers.googlepages.com/RforSASSPSSusers.pdf

-Dave

On Mar 31, 2009, at 11:17 AM, Martin Weiss wrote:

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>
> Did you use the "foreign" package at the time? The docu cited  
> earlier seems
> to imply that labels are properly converted...
>
>
>
> HTH
> Martin
>
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] Im Auftrag von E. Paul  
> Wileyto
> Gesendet: Dienstag, 31. März 2009 18:13
> An: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> Betreff: Re: AW: st: RE: SAS Transport
>
> I have imported Stata files to R, and I recall that no label  
> information
> came through.
>
> P
>
> Martin Weiss wrote:
> > <>
> >
> > "I've tried many times..."
> >
> > So have I... Grrr...
> >
> > "I thought it could import SAS or Stata files, but I don't know if it
> > preserves labeling."
> >
> >
> > A glance at http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/foreign/ 
> > foreign.pdf
> shows
> > that it can... See the functions "read.dta" and "write.dta"...
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > HTH
> > Martin
> >
> >
> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> > [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] Im Auftrag von  
> > Lachenbruch,
> > Peter
> > Gesendet: Dienstag, 31. März 2009 17:47
> > An: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> > Betreff: RE: st: RE: SAS Transport
> >
> > What does R do?  I thought it could import SAS or Stata files, but I
> > don't know if it preserves labeling.  Also, the price of the  
> > program is
> > right, but there is a cost in learning it.  I've tried many times...
> >
> > Tony
> >
> > Peter A. Lachenbruch
> > Department of Public Health
> > Oregon State University
> > Corvallis, OR 97330
> > Phone: 541-737-3832
> > FAX: 541-737-4001
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> > [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of E. Paul
> > Wileyto
> > Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 11:07 AM
> > To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> > Subject: Re: st: RE: SAS Transport
> >
> > If you have SAS 9.2 available, it will import files from Stata v10,  
> > and
> > preserve labels.  I thought SAS had bought dbms copy to kill it,  
> > but it
> > seems that SAS has incorporated parts of it, even though it does not
> > support the stand-alone dbms copy very well.
> >
> > SPSS reads and writes both Stata and SAS files, preserving labels.
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > Newson, Roger B wrote:
> >
> > > To convert SAS data sets to Stata datasets, I personally use
> > Stat/Transfer, whose website is at
> >
> > > http://www.stattransfer.com/
> > > and which has the advantage (over DBMS/Copy) that it can be called  
> > > as
> > a DOS command. The -stcmd- package can call Stat/Transfer from within
> > Stata, and can be downloaded from SSC using the -ssc- command.  
> > However,
> > Ben (or somebody) would have to find the money to pay for Stat/ 
> > Transfer.
> >
> > > I hope this helps.
> > >
> > > Best wishes
> > >
> > > Roger
> > >
> > >
> > > Roger B Newson BSc MSc DPhil
> > > Lecturer in Medical Statistics
> > > Respiratory Epidemiology and Public Health Group
> > > National Heart and Lung Institute
> > > Imperial College London
> > > Royal Brompton Campus
> > > Room 33, Emmanuel Kaye Building
> > > 1B Manresa Road
> > > London SW3 6LR
> > > UNITED KINGDOM
> > > Tel: +44 (0)20 7352 8121 ext 3381
> > > Fax: +44 (0)20 7351 8322
> > > Email: r.newson@imperial.ac.uk
> > > Web page: http://www.imperial.ac.uk/nhli/r.newson/
> > > Departmental Web page:
> > http://www1.imperial.ac.uk/medicine/about/divisions/nhli/respiration/pop
> > genetics/reph/
> >
> > > Opinions expressed are those of the author, not of the institution.
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> > [mailto:owner-statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu] On Behalf Of Benjamin
> > Allaire
> >
> > > Sent: 30 March 2009 17:49
> > > To: statalist@hsphsun2.harvard.edu
> > > Subject: st: SAS Transport
> > >
> > > I know that fdause cannot read SAS labels.
> > >
> > >
> > > Is there any other way to
> > > transform SAS data into Stata data while preserving labels?  I  
> > > have an
> > older version of DBMS copy that I could use if necessary.
> >
> > > thanks,
> > > Ben
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