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6. Program Statements
Each data file comes with associated SPSS, SAS, or Stata program statements to
read the data. Files containing SPSS statements are named with .SPS extension,
those with SAS statements with a .SAS extension, and those with Stata statements
with .DO and .DCT extensions.
The statement files are named beginning with the same prefix as the
corresponding data file. For example, SAS statements in the file H22A_R.SAS go
with the H22A_R.DA data file.
6A. Using the Files with SAS
To create a SAS system file for a particular dataset, two file types must be
present for that dataset -- .SAS program statement files and .DA data files.
To create a SAS system file, load the *.SAS file into the SAS Program Editor.
If the *.SAS file is located in "c:\hrs2022\sas" and the data file is located in
"c:\hrs2022\data", you can run the file as is. A SAS system file (*.SD2 or
*.SAS7BDAT) will be saved to directory "c:\hrs2022\sas".
If the files are not located in the specified directories, you will need to edit
the *.SAS file to reflect the proper path names prior to running the file.
6B. Using the Files with SPSS
To create an SPSS system file for a particular dataset, two file types must be
present for that dataset -- .SPS program statement files and .DA data files.
To create an SPSS system file, open the *.SPS file in SPSS as an SPSS Syntax
File.
If the *.SPS file is located in "c:\hrs2022\spss" and the data file is located
in "c:\hrs2022\data", you can run the file as is. An SPSS system file (*.SAV)
will be saved to directory "c:\hrs2022\spss".
If the files are not located in the specified directories, you will need to edit
the *.SPS file to reflect the proper path names prior to running the file.
6C. Using the Files with Stata
To use Stata with a particular dataset, the following three file types must be
present for that dataset -- .DCT files, .DO files, and .DA data files.
Files with the suffix .DA contain the raw data for Stata to read. Files with
the suffix .DCT are Stata dictionaries used by Stata to describe the data. Files
with the suffix .DO are short Stata programs ("do files") which you may use to
read in the data. Load the .DO file into Stata and then submit it.
If the *.DO and *.DCT files are located in "c:\hrs2022\Stata" and the data file
is located in "c:\hrs2022\data", you can run the .DO file as is.
If the files are not located in these directories, you must edit the *.DO and
*.DCT files to reflect the proper path names before you run the files.
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