[R] not a Stata version 5-12 .dta file
Ista Zahn
istazahn at gmail.com
Fri Mar 20 03:31:12 CET 2015
That is not a Stata data file, but a plain text data file. You can try
reading it into R like
x <- read.table("WV3_Data_Russia_1995_stata_v_2014_04_28.dat",
fill = TRUE)
but you won't know what anything is. The metadata is in the .dct file,
in a format only Stata can love...
Best,
Ista
On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 9:50 PM, Nicole Ford <nicole.ford at me.com> wrote:
> It seems the problem I am having is actually on the WVS end. The files I am
> downloading seem to have incorrect endings? for example:
>
> WV3_Data_Russia_1995_stata_v_2014_04_28.dat
>
> I have emailed them and let them know.
> ~Nicole Ford
> Ph.D. Candidate/ Instructor
> University of South Florida
> Government and International Affairs
> Visitor, University of Rochester
> office: Gavett 303P
> e: nicole.ford at me.com
> http://usf.academia.edu/NicoleFord
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 19, 2015, at 8:53 PM, Ista Zahn <istazahn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Does
>
> /Users/nicoleford/Desktop/Russia2006.dta
>
> exist? What does
>
> list.files("/Users/nicoleford/Desktop", pattern = "\\.dta")
>
> say?
>
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 8:35 PM, Nicole Ford <nicole.ford at me.com> wrote:
>
> ok so after another restart- I got rid of some of the errors. But I am
> still unable to load and R is telling me it is not a stata13 file.
>
> dat <- read.dta13(file.choose())
>
> Error: First byte: Not a version 13 dta-file.
>
> options(useFancyQuotes=F)
> dat <- read.dta(file.choose())
>
> Error in read.dta(file.choose()) : not a Stata version 5-12 .dta file
>
> options(useFancyQuotes=F)
> dat <- read.dta('/Users/nicoleford/Desktop/Russia2006.dta')
>
> Error in read.dta("/Users/nicoleford/Desktop/Russia2006.dta") :
> unable to open file: 'No such file or directory'
>
> dat <- read.dta(file='/Users/nicoleford/Desktop/Russia2006.dta')
>
> Error in read.dta(file = "/Users/nicoleford/Desktop/Russia2006.dta") :
> unable to open file: 'No such file or directory’
>
> I’m really at a loss.
> ~Nicole Ford
> Ph.D. Candidate/ Instructor
> University of South Florida
> Government and International Affairs
> Visitor, University of Rochester
> office: Gavett 303P
> e: nford5 at ur.rochester.edu
> http://usf.academia.edu/NicoleFord
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 19, 2015, at 6:09 PM, Nicole Ford <nicole.ford at me.com> wrote:
>
> the text didn’t send for the R data file erros. sorry about that.
>
>
> 2015-03-19 17:41:38.544 R[398:5728] Unable to simultaneously satisfy
> constraints:
> (
> "<NSAutoresizingMaskLayoutConstraint:0x6000018966c0 h=-&- v=-&-
> H:|-(0)-[NSView:0x60000032da20] (Names: '|':FIFinderView:0x6080003612c0
> )>",
> "<NSAutoresizingMaskLayoutConstraint:0x6000012881b0 h=-&- v=-&-
> H:[NSView:0x60000032da20]-(0)-| (Names: '|':FIFinderView:0x6080003612c0
> )>",
> "<NSAutoresizingMaskLayoutConstraint:0x600000a8c710 h=-&- v=-&-
> H:|-(0)-[FIFinderView:0x6080003612c0] (Names:
> '|':NSNavFinderViewFileBrowser:0x608000375fc0 )>",
> "<NSAutoresizingMaskLayoutConstraint:0x60000128eb50 h=-&- v=-&-
> H:[FIFinderView:0x6080003612c0]-(0)-| (Names:
> '|':NSNavFinderViewFileBrowser:0x608000375fc0 )>",
> "<NSAutoresizingMaskLayoutConstraint:0x600000c93fb0 h=--& v=--&
> H:[NSNavFinderViewFileBrowser:0x608000375fc0(585)]>",
> "<NSLayoutConstraint:0x60000149d740 H:|-(0)-[NSView:0x600000133ec0]
> (Names: '|':NSView:0x60000032da20 )>",
> "<NSLayoutConstraint:0x600001489880 H:[NSView:0x600000133ec0]-(0)-|
> (Names: '|':NSView:0x60000032da20 )>",
> "<NSLayoutConstraint:0x60000109e280
> H:[FILocationPopUp:0x6000003fda00(207)]>",
> "<NSLayoutConstraint:0x600000a82760 NSView:0x600000133ec0.centerX ==
> FILocationPopUp:0x6000003fda00.centerX>",
> "<NSLayoutConstraint:0x600000e835c0
> H:[FILocationPopUp:0x6000003fda00]-(>=10)-[SGTSearchField:0x6000003bf800]>",
> "<NSLayoutConstraint:0x60000069f2c0
> H:[SGTSearchField:0x6000003bf800]-(11)-| (Names: '|':NSView:0x600000133ec0
> )>",
> "<NSLayoutConstraint:0x6000006801e0
> H:[SGTSearchField:0x6000003bf800(>=218)]>"
> )
>
> Will attempt to recover by breaking constraint
> <NSLayoutConstraint:0x6000006801e0 H:[SGTSearchField:0x6000003bf800(>=218)]>
>
> Set the NSUserDefault
> NSConstraintBasedLayoutVisualizeMutuallyExclusiveConstraints to YES to have
> -[NSWindow visualizeConstraints:] automatically called when this happens.
> And/or, break on objc_exception_throw to catch this in the debugger.
>
> str(dat)
>
> chr [1:2] ".Traceback" "WV3_Data_rdata_v_2014_09_21"
>
> ls(dat)
>
> Error in as.environment(pos) :
> no item called ".Traceback" on the search list
>
> dat
>
> [1] ".Traceback" "WV3_Data_rdata_v_2014_09_21"
>
> sessionInfo()
>
> R version 3.1.3 (2015-03-09)
> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0 (64-bit)
> Running under: OS X 10.10.1 (Yosemite)
>
> locale:
> [1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base
>
> other attached packages:
> [1] readstata13_0.5-3 effects_3.0-3 lattice_0.20-30 lme4_1.1-7
> Rcpp_0.11.2 Matrix_1.1-5 runjags_1.2.1-0 sm_2.2-5.4
> [9] foreign_0.8-63 car_2.0-25
>
> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> [1] coda_0.16-1 colorspace_1.2-4 grid_3.1.3 MASS_7.3-39
> mgcv_1.8-4 minqa_1.2.3 nlme_3.1-120 nloptr_1.0.0
> nnet_7.3-9
> [10] parallel_3.1.3 pbkrtest_0.4-2 quantreg_5.11 SparseM_1.6
> splines_3.1.3 tools_3.1.3
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 19, 2015, at 5:08 PM, Nicole Ford <nicole.ford at me.com> wrote:
>
> Ista,
>
> I am pulling multiple countries and multiple waves, but here is one country
> in one wave. I know if I can get one to work, I can get them all to work.
> I have used WVS data in the past and never encountered any issues, so I am
> at a loss here. Thanks again!
>
> http://www.worldvaluessurvey.org/WVSDocumentationWV3.jsp
>
>
> ~Nicole
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Mar 19, 2015, at 4:59 PM, Ista Zahn <istazahn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Is the file publicly available? What is the URL?
>
> Best,
> Ista
>
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 4:46 PM, Nicole Ford <nicole.ford at me.com> wrote:
>
> Hello, Ista.
>
> Honestly, I am uncertain. I don't have STATA -- I downloaded this from the
> data source website.
>
> I can't imagine it is 13 because the data are old (2006).
>
> I tried package readstata13 out of desperation, but didn't think it would
> resolve.
>
> Thanks for the suggestion!
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Mar 19, 2015, at 4:41 PM, Ista Zahn <istazahn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Nicole,
>
> Is it a stata 13 data file? If so your best bet is to open it in Stata
> and use the "saveold" command to save it as a stata 12 file.
>
> Best,
> Ista
>
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2015 at 3:00 PM, Nicole Ford <nicole.ford at me.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I recently updated to the newest version of R and I am encountering issues.
> Please find my error and session info below. My data are attached. I have
> tried the readstata13 package just in case to no avail. Unless I am missing
> something, google isn’t helping.
>
>
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
>
>
> error:
>
> dat <- read.dta(file.choose())
>
> Error in read.dta(file.choose()) : not a Stata version 5-12 .dta file
> 2015-03-19 14:14:21.445 R[398:5728] Unable to simultaneously satisfy
> constraints:
> (
> "<NSAutoresizingMaskLayoutConstraint:0x608000490bd0 h=-&- v=-&-
> H:|-(0)-[NSView:0x60000012eba0] (Names: '|':FIFinderView:0x600000363a80
> )>",
> "<NSAutoresizingMaskLayoutConstraint:0x608000490e50 h=-&- v=-&-
> H:[NSView:0x60000012eba0]-(0)-| (Names: '|':FIFinderView:0x600000363a80
> )>",
> "<NSAutoresizingMaskLayoutConstraint:0x608000491120 h=-&- v=-&-
> H:|-(0)-[FIFinderView:0x600000363a80] (Names:
> '|':NSNavFinderViewFileBrowser:0x608000377400 )>",
> "<NSAutoresizingMaskLayoutConstraint:0x608000491170 h=-&- v=-&-
> H:[FIFinderView:0x600000363a80]-(0)-| (Names:
> '|':NSNavFinderViewFileBrowser:0x608000377400 )>",
> "<NSAutoresizingMaskLayoutConstraint:0x608000491350 h=--& v=--&
> H:[NSNavFinderViewFileBrowser:0x608000377400(585)]>",
> "<NSLayoutConstraint:0x600000482d50 H:|-(0)-[NSView:0x60000012e380]
> (Names: '|':NSView:0x60000012eba0 )>",
> "<NSLayoutConstraint:0x600000482da0 H:[NSView:0x60000012e380]-(0)-|
> (Names: '|':NSView:0x60000012eba0 )>",
> "<NSLayoutConstraint:0x6000004816d0
> H:[FILocationPopUp:0x6000001f2800(207)]>",
> "<NSLayoutConstraint:0x600000482a30 NSView:0x60000012e380.centerX ==
> FILocationPopUp:0x6000001f2800.centerX>",
> "<NSLayoutConstraint:0x6000004825d0
> H:[FILocationPopUp:0x6000001f2800]-(>=10)-[SGTSearchField:0x6000003a5160]>",
> "<NSLayoutConstraint:0x600000482b70
> H:[SGTSearchField:0x6000003a5160]-(11)-| (Names: '|':NSView:0x60000012e380
> )>",
> "<NSLayoutConstraint:0x6000004814f0
> H:[SGTSearchField:0x6000003a5160(>=218)]>"
> )
>
> Will attempt to recover by breaking constraint
> <NSLayoutConstraint:0x6000004814f0 H:[SGTSearchField:0x6000003a5160(>=218)]>
>
> Set the NSUserDefault
> NSConstraintBasedLayoutVisualizeMutuallyExclusiveConstraints to YES to have
> -[NSWindow visualizeConstraints:] automatically called when this happens.
> And/or, break on objc_exception_throw to catch this in the debugger.
>
> sessionInfo()
>
>
> Session Info:
> R version 3.1.3 (2015-03-09)
> Platform: x86_64-apple-darwin13.4.0 (64-bit)
> Running under: OS X 10.10.1 (Yosemite)
>
> locale:
> [1] en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8/C/en_US.UTF-8/en_US.UTF-8
>
> attached base packages:
> [1] stats graphics grDevices utils datasets methods base
>
> other attached packages:
> [1] effects_3.0-3 lattice_0.20-30 lme4_1.1-7 Rcpp_0.11.2
> Matrix_1.1-5 runjags_1.2.1-0 sm_2.2-5.4 foreign_0.8-63 car_2.0-25
>
> loaded via a namespace (and not attached):
> [1] coda_0.16-1 colorspace_1.2-4 grid_3.1.3 MASS_7.3-39
> mgcv_1.8-4 minqa_1.2.3 nlme_3.1-120 nloptr_1.0.0
> nnet_7.3-9
> [10] parallel_3.1.3 pbkrtest_0.4-2 quantreg_5.11 SparseM_1.6
> splines_3.1.3 tools_3.1.3
>
> ~n
>
>
>
>
>
>
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