RE: st: Stata 13 Compatibility

[Richard Williams <richardwilliams.ndu@gmail.com>]

At 01:45 PM 9/19/2013, Lachenbruch, Peter wrote:
> Amen.  STatTransfer is very useful to me.  I assume they have Stata 
> 13 compatability
I don't know how the two products came to be so wedded, but 
Stat/Transfer always comes out with a new version when Stata does. 
You do have to be careful in that sometimes things get lost or 
modified in translation because the new format can't handle something 
that Stata does. But any conversion routine will face that problem.

> Peter A. Lachenbruch,
> Professor (retired)
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> Sent: Thursday, September 19, 2013 7:42 AM
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> Subject: Re: st: Stata 13 Compatibility
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> At 12:53 PM 9/18/2013, Erika Kociolek wrote:
> >Hi there,
> >
> >I'd like to check and see if SPSS 21 can read in Stata 13 files.Are
> >there any Stata 13 files posted on the Stata website that I can
> >download and use to check this?
>
> As a sidelight, I probably only use Stat/Transfer a few times a year,
> but it is invaluable when I do.
>
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