Why Stat/Transfer

Stat/Transfer can read and write the following popular file formats in addition to the dozens of other supported formats:

• Stata version 12
• Excel 2010
• NLOGIT
• R
• SAS CPORT datasets amd catalogs (read only)
• SAS PC/DOS 6.04 (read only)
• S-PLUS through version 7
• Delimited ASCII with a Stat/Transfer SCHEMA file

Stat/Transfer also handles fixed-format ASCII files. Stat/Transfer reads and writes fixed-format ASCII with a Stat/Transfer SCHEMA file.

Stat/Transfer can write fixed-format ASCII data files accompanied by programs that will read the data into popular statistical packages. These are

• Fixed-format ASCII with a Stata program
• Fixed-format ASCII with a SAS program
• Fixed-format ASCII with an SPSS program

Stat/Transfer Version 11 has added support for the following formats:

• Data Documentation Initiative (DDI) Schemas
• Minitab 14 (read only)
• MPLUS (write only)
• Open Document Spreadsheets
• RATS
• SPSS through Version 19
• Stata 12

Stat/Transfer version 11 also includes the following capabilities and changes:

• New options for ASCII and text files.
  You can now choose to skip rows at the top of a file. You can also optionally read variable labels from the row after the field names, typically the second row.
• Read variable labels from worksheet files.
  You can now optionally read variable labels from the row following the field names in worksheets.
• Time series options.
  An extensive set of options are available for controlling how time-series data are read from file formats such as RATS and how time-series data are written to programs which expect rectangular data, such as SAS and Stata.
• ODBC/Access date and time sensing.
  You can now control the number of rows that are read to sense whether date/time values in your database files should be read as dates, times or date/time values.
• Improved character substitution.
  When exact character matches are not possible in your output character set, improved substitution algorithms usually find acceptable alternatives for single-byte characters.
• New platforms.
  Stat/Transfer is available in 64-bit Windows and on Solaris.
• Worksheet pages can be concatenated into one output file.
• The command processor now allows multiple input files to be combined into one output file.
• Value label tags and sets can be preserved.
• SAS value labels can now be read from transport files, CPORT files, datasets, and catalogs.
• JMP support has been expanded.
• Users can specify any delimiter for ASCII files and can combine adjacent blank 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 or to string variables.
• The command processor now has a flexible syntax for specifying input and output tables simultaneously.
• Support for longer string variables and longer value and variable labels has been added so that 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 Windows Vista.

Stat/Transfer 11 is available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, and Solaris.

Full details of supported file formats and features are available on the Stat/Transfer information page.