Stat/Transfer by Circle Systems
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Ever had a colleague send you an XYZ file that you wanted in ABC
format—say an SPSS file that you wanted in Stata format or the other
way around?
Stat/Transfer makes it easy to move data among the different spreadsheet and
statistical programs by providing a fast and reliable way to convert files
from one format to another.
Stat/Transfer provides an extremely fast, reliable, and automatic way to
exchange data between different spreadsheet and statistics programs.
Stat/Transfer was developed by
Circle Systems, Seattle, Washington, and may be
purchased through StataCorp.
Stat/Transfer 9 supports all Stata datasets, from Stata 1 through the current
release—Stata 10.
Stat/Transfer 9 is available for Windows, Macintosh OS X, and
Unix (HP-UX, IBM AIX, Linux (Intel), Sun Solaris).
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Stat/Transfer 9 supported programs
1-2-3
Microsoft Access (Versions 2.0 through Office XP version)
dBASE (all versions)
Delimited ASCII
Delimited ASCII with a Stat/Transfer SCHEMA file 
Epi Info
Excel worksheets (all versions, including Excel 2007 )
Fixed format ASCII
FoxPro
GAUSS (Windows and Unix)
JMP
LIMDEP
MATLAB
Mineset
Minitab
NLOGIT
ODBC data sources (Oracle, Sybase, Informix, etc.)
OSIRIS (read-only)
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Paradox
Quattro Pro for DOS and Windows
R
S-PLUS (now supported through version 7 )
SAS CPORT datasets and catalogs (read only)
SAS for Unix—HP, IBM, Sun
SAS for Unix—DEC Alpha
SAS for Windows and OS/2
SAS PC/DOS 6.04 (read only)
SAS Transport
SAS Value Labels
SAS Version 7–9
SPSS Datafiles (Windows and Unix)
SPSS Portable Files
Stata (all versions, including 10)
Statistica (Windows only)
SYSTAT (Windows and Macintosh) |
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Stat/Transfer 9 features
- Worksheet pages can be concatenated into a single output file.
- Value label tags and sets can be preserved.
- SAS value labels can now be read form transport files, CPORT files,
datasets, and catalogs.
- JMP support has been expanded
- Users can specify any delimiter for ASCII files and can combine adjacent
black delimiters.
- Generated programs and ASCII files can now preserve input widths.
- In R and S-Plus, factors can now be converted to numeric variables with
labels to string variables.
- Support for longer string variables and longer value and variable labels
has been added; Stat/Transfer is compatible with the limits of
all supported programs.
- A built-in logging and FTP facility is now available for
troubleshooting.
- Full compatibility with Microsoft Vista.
- Data viewer allows you to preview data in a scrollable grid before you perform
your transfer
- Option to control the version and "flavor" of the output Stata dataset
that will be written by Stat/Transfer
- Web self-update (Windows version)
- Wildcards for tables and worksheet pages (move multiple tables in a single command)
- Complete online documentation
- Preserves all of the precision of your data
- Support for extended (.A–.Z) missing values in Stata and SAS
- Produces HTML tables from data
- Automatically selects appropriate output dataset storage types
- Automatically optimizes output dataset storage types
- Allows manual control over output dataset storage types
- Produces missing values automatically
- Preserves variable names, value labels, and variable labels
- Supports value labels for string variables
- Allows selection of subsets of variables and cases for transfer
- Allows choice of worksheet page
- Runs in both menu-driven and batch modes
- Optionally enter transfer commands with copy-like syntax
- Optionally build batch jobs and shortcuts for repetitive transfers
- Extensive options for customization
- Handles up to 8,000 variables; no limit on observations
Command processor features
- The command processor now has a flexible syntax for specifying input and
output tables simultaneously.
- The command processor now allows multiple input files to be combined
into a single output file.
- Automatic wildcard transfers (e.g., copy *.dta *.sd2)
- Build batch jobs and shortcuts for repetitive transfers
- Directly zip files or run other DOS or Windows programs
- Enter transfer commands with a copy-like syntax
- Keep or drop processing for field selection
- Save ODBC information for prompt-free connections
Date/time support
- Time and date-time types
- User-configurable formats for both reading and writing
- Fully Year-2000 (and Year-1600) compliant
User interface features
- Quick variable selection using wildcards and ranges
- More control over how worksheet ranges and field names are read
- Easy output path selection using a most-recently-used list
- More control over how user-missing values are processed
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