I've successfully imported a Stata file (dta) into R with the read.dta
(function) (i.e., data, variable labels, and value labels import correctly).
After working in R, I use write.dta to export the data frame back to a *.dta
file. The data and value labels convert fine, but the variable labels do
not - the variable labels are written as the variable name(e.g., the
variable label for f1sn1 is listed as "f1sn1" instead of
"students academic
grade").
write.dta(d,"immigration.dta",version=7L,convert.factor="labels")
Are there any suggestions for maintaining the variable labels between a
Stata-->R-->Stata import/export.
My apologies for imprecise language. I'm new to R and am not familiar with
its vocabulary. IF this goes well, I hope to convince my collegues to
migrate from Stata to R.
Mike
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