Or use read.dta from foreign package.

Dan
On Oct 26, 2012 1:15 PM, "Loukia Spineli" <spineliloukia26@gmail.com> wrote:

> Install the "ares" library first. Then type import.data("the direction you
> have saved the data","dta").
>
> On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 11:10 PM, Lorenzo Isella
> <lorenzo.isella@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > Dear All,
> > I am given some data to analyze. The data is in the form of a Stata
> > database (.dta file).
> > What is the best way to import it into an R dataframe?
> > Is there any particular caveat I should be aware of?
> > Many thanks
> >
> > Lorenzo
> >
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