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Re: st: Stat Transfer Question
From
Richard Williams <[email protected]>
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[email protected], [email protected]
Subject
Re: st: Stat Transfer Question
Date
Tue, 11 Oct 2011 13:25:59 -0500
At 11:29 AM 10/11/2011, Jacob Robbins wrote:
Dear All,
I have recently downloaded some SPSS data files from the ICPSR and
would like to convert them to .dta using Stat/Transfer. For every one
dataset there are two files of the following form;
data.txt
syntax_file.sps
From what I have learned online, the .sps file is a "SPSS Syntax File"
which is used to interpret the data.txt file in SPSS. However, I do
not have a copy of SPSS, only a copy of Stat/Transfer. Is there a way
to convert the files to .dta?
Thanks!
Jake Robbins
Research Assistant
Harvard School of Public Health
Personally, I would look for a public lab or a kindly colleague that
had SPSS. Surely somebody at Harvard has SPSS!
Second, are you sure you didn't overlook an option to download in
some other format, e.g. an SPSS portable file or, better yet, a Stata file?
Third, if really desperate the ICPSR people might be willing and able
to help you. See
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/support/faqs/3335488583952289142
For other info, see the ICPSR Data FAQ at
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/icpsrweb/ICPSR/support/faqs?label=analyze
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