Using the “foreign” package for data conversion
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I was in a rush to convert a SPSS data into Stata format. Somehow my Stattransfer v.8 for Linux was lost and I did not want pause my work and go back to Windows just to get this one file converted. So fire Emacs+ESS+R, load the “foreign” package, did the file conversion, and it worked!Want to share your content on R-bloggers? click here if you have a blog, or here if you don't.
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