You might take a look at open source alternative for SPSS http://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/
It might read sps syntax files.
Best,
Marcis Trapencieris
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On 2011. gada 11. okt., at 19:29, Jacob Robbins <jake.a.robbins@gmail.com> 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
>
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