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    Stat/Transfer 10

    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/Transfer’s 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.