Stat/Transfer is available for Windows, Mac OS X and UNIX .
Stat/Transfer facilitates the transfer of data between different spreadsheet
and statistics programs by providing an extremely fast, reliable, and automatic
way to move data. We mostly use Stat/Transfer to convert datasets into Stata
format (.dta files), but it has more general use as a superb program for transferring
data files between formats. For more information, visit the Stat/Transfer
home page
Whats New in Stat/Transfer 10
Stat/Transfer Version 10 has added the following
Matlab Seven Datasets
SPSS Version 17
Statistica Versions 7-9 (on Windows)
SAS Version Nine
Triple-S Survey Interchange Forma
Other New Features:
International character set support. Stat/Transfer can now read datasets in any character set, including multibyte, far-eastern, and Unicode characters.
Expanded Options. The option screens have been expanded and reorganized to allow much greater control over the transfer process and the user interface.
Long variable labels for Stata. Variable labels longer than Stata's eighty character maximum are now written to Stata both as truncated variable labels and, in full, as Stata notes.
Automatic program generation. You can specify that a program for the command processor be written when a transfer is carried out using the Stat/Transfer user interface. All of the information you have specified for the transfer will be translated into a Stat/Transfer command file, including all of your option settings. This enables you to reproduce your transfer operation either from the user interface or as a batch job from your operating system. It also allows you to precisely document how your transfer was performed.
Improved data viewer. The data viewer has been improved and will now display long strings, international character sets, variable characteristics and value labels.
Value label browser. You can now examine value labels for each variable on the Variables tab.
Quick variable type changer. You can change the types of many variables at a time, using wildcards, ranges, or lists.
Automatic transfer logging. You can tell Stat/Transfer to automatically write a log file to disk every time you do a data transfer. The log file will contain detailed information about what has occurred your transfer. By default this will go to the same directory as your output file.
New user interface, including one for Linux. Linux and, soon, Solaris have a new graphical user interface. This newly-designed interface is now the same on Windows, OS-X and Linux.
The following programs are supported by Stat/Transfer
version 10.0:
Stat/Transfer Version 10 supports the following file formats.
1-2-3
Access (Windows version only)
ASCII - Delimited
ASCII - Fixed Format
dBASE and compatible formats
Excel
Epi Info
FoxPro
Gauss
HTML Tables (write only)
JMP
LIMDEP
Matlab
Mineset
Minitab
NLOGIT
ODBC (Windows and Mac versions only)
OSIRIS (read-only)
Paradox
Quattro Pro
R
SAS Data Files
SAS for Unix
SAS Value Labels
SAS CPORT (read only)
SAS Transport files
S-PLUS
SPSS Data
SPSS Portable
Stata
Statistica (Windows only)
SYSTAT
Triple-S
Stat/Transfers ODBC support allows you to also read and write to such
relational databases as Oracle, Sybase, Informix, and DB/2.
Stat/Transfer features
Preserves all of the precision of your data
Automatically selects appropriate output dataset storage types
Allows manual control over output dataset storage types
Produces missing values automatically
Preserves variable names, value labels, and variable labels
Allows selection of subset of variables and cases for transfer
Allows choice of worksheet page in spreadsheets
Runs in both menu-driven and batch modes
html table output
Automatically drops constants
Comprehensive date format support
Comprehensive control over missing data values
Variable selection using wildcard characters
Optionally reads your data first to select the smallest possible types using the
optimise function
Aware of characteristics and limitations of the target program
Much more
You can download a demo disk (about 14.5 Mb) that is fully functional, except
that it drops about 10% of the cases at random. It lets you see the speed and
extensive capabilities of the program but is not recommended for creating files
for post-graduate theses.
Prices
Click here
for the cost of Stat/Transfer 10. Special discount prices for Stat/Transfer are available for students purchasing
Stata under the Stata Gradplan.
"Stat/Transfer" is a registered trademark of Circle Systems.