[R] Stata file Import and Analysis in R

[Fredrik Karlsson]

Hi,

You should install the foreign package and try the read.dta function.
I don't know whether the size of your fiel will be a problem, but you
would try it at least.

/Fredrik


On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 1:58 PM, saurav pathak<pathak.saurav at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
> I have a  stata data set (.dta file) of size 600 MB, I need to import it in
> R and do a 2SLS multilevel analysis on the data set. I would eb grateful if
> help is provided for the first part of how to import this big file from
> Stata to R and then how to open the imported Stata file in R?
> Kindly help
> Thanks in advance
>
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> Dr.Saurav Pathak
> PhD, Univ.of.Florida
> Mechanical Engineering
> Doctoral Student
> Innovation and Entrepreneurship
> Imperial College Business School
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