Re: st: import from ZDT and ZDA format

[John Antonakis <john.antonakis@unil.ch>]

Welcome. 

I dumped SPSS a few years ago, though I have a couple of old data sets 
in SPSS so -usespss- comes in handy at times.

Best,
J.

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On 10.05.2009 12:07, Eva Poen wrote:
> <>
>
> Thanks, John, I didn't know about -usespss-. It's been ages since I
> last worked with anything SPSS. But good to know about it.
>
> Eva
>
> 2009/5/10 John Antonakis <john.antonakis@unil.ch>:
>   
> > For conversion of SPSS from Stata directly
> >
> > -findit usespss-
> >
> > ........does the trick.
> >
> > Best,
> > J.
> >
> > ____________________________________________________
> >
> > Prof. John Antonakis
> > Associate Dean Faculty of Business and Economics
> > University of Lausanne
> > Internef #618
> > CH-1015 Lausanne-Dorigny
> > Switzerland
> >
> > Tel ++41 (0)21 692-3438
> > Fax ++41 (0)21 692-3305
> >
> > Faculty page:
> > http://www.hec.unil.ch/people/jantonakis&cl=en
> >
> > Personal page:
> > http://www.hec.unil.ch/jantonakis
> > ____________________________________________________
> >
> >
> >
> > On 10.05.2009 11:56, Eva Poen wrote:
> >     
> > > <>
> > >
> > > Good point. Also, the world bank LSMS data table for Nicaragua
> > >
> > > (http://econ.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/EXTDEC/EXTRESEARCH/EXTLSMS/0,,contentMDK:21485765~menuPK:4196952~pagePK:64168445~piPK:64168309~theSitePK:3358997~isCURL:Y,00.html#Nicaragua)
> > > links to this webpage http://www.inec.gob.ni/Pobreza/pobreza.htm ,
> > > where many data files appear to be available in SPSS format. However,
> > > I don't speak the language...
> > >
> > > SPSS files can be transfered to Stata using StatTransfer
> > > (http://www.stattransfer.com/html/products.html).
> > >
> > > Eva
> > >
> > >
> > > 2009/5/10  <sjsamuels@gmail.com>:
> > >
> > >       
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > > Perhaps "Z" stands for zipped.  Try unzipping the files.
> > > >
> > > > -Steve
> > > >
> > > > a web search on .zdt or .zda doesn't throw up anything. Which
> > > > application do they come from? And have you tried opening them in a
> > > > text editor?
> > > >
> > > > Eva
> > > >
> > > > 2009/5/10 John Bunge <jota.be@web.de>:
> > > >
> > > >         
> > > > > Dear all,
> > > > >
> > > > > I have data in a format with the file extension ZDT and ZDA.
> > > > >
> > > > > Can anyone please help how to import data from these two formats into
> > > > > Stata?
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >           
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