User Manual
Version 16
ã Copyright 2022
All Rights Reserved
Circle Systems, Inc.
The Stat/Transfer program is licensed for use on a single computer system or network node. Use by multiple users on more than one computer is prohibited. If in doubt, please call and ask about our multi-user licenses.
Stat/Transfer is a trademark of Circle Systems, Inc.
This manual refers to numerous products by their trade names. In most, if not all, cases these designations are claimed as trademarks or registered trademarks by their respective companies.
Table of Contents
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Contents
License Agreement |
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Introduction |
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What Stat/Transfer Does |
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Supported File Types |
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What's New in Stat/Transfer |
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Getting Started |
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Trial Mode Software |
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Activation |
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Deactivation |
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Network and Lease Licensing |
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Read-me File |
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Demo Files |
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Web Update |
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Uninstalling |
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Technical Support |
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The Stat/Transfer User Interface |
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Starting Stat/Transfer |
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Transfer Dialog Box |
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Selecting the Input File Format |
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The File Specification Line |
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Selecting Worksheet Pages |
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Selecting Tables for Access and ODBC Input |
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Selecting Members of SAS CPORT and Transport Files |
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Most Recently Used File Lists |
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Data Viewer |
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Variable Selection Indicator |
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Selecting the Output File Format |
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Selecting the Output File |
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Table Names for Access and ODBC Output |
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Naming Members of SAS Transport Files |
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Resetting Stat/Transfer |
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Running the Program |
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Generating a Stat/Transfer Program |
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Automatic Logging |
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Variables Dialog Box |
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Variable Selection |
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Value Labels Browser |
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Output Variable Types |
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Target Output Variable Types |
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Automatic Optimization of Target Types |
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Manually Changing the Types of Output Variables |
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Automatic Dropping of Constants |
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Use Doubles Option |
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Observations Dialog Box |
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Selecting Cases |
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Missing Values |
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Sampling Functions |
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Options Dialog Box |
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General Options |
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Optimization |
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User Missing Values |
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Date/Time Formats – Reading |
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Date/Time Formats - Writing |
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Encoding Options |
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ODBC/Access Options |
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ASCII/Text Files - Read |
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ASCII/Text Files - Write |
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SAS Reading |
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SAS Writing |
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Worksheets |
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JMP Options |
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R and S-PLUS Options |
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RATS Options |
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Output Options (1) |
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Output Options (2) |
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User Interface Options |
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Default Directories |
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Data Viewer Options |
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Stat/Transfer Program Generation |
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Transfer Logging / Statistics |
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Advanced ODBC Options |
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Restoring and Saving Options |
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Advanced ASCII Options |
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Run Program Dialog Box |
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About the Run Program Dialog Box |
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Log Dialog Box |
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About the Log Dialog Box |
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The Command Processor |
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Calling the Command Processor |
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Batch Transfers with Wildcards |
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Transfers from the Command Processor |
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Transfers from the Operating System Prompt |
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Combining Files |
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Specifying the File Type |
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File Format Specification |
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Special Cases when Specifying Files |
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Options Set by Parameters |
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Options for Pages and Tables |
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Options for Messages |
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Selecting Cases |
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Selecting Variables |
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Changing Output Variable Types |
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Setting Options with the SET Command |
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Startup Options File |
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Available Options |
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General Options |
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Optimization Options |
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User Missing Values Options |
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Date/Time Formats – Reading |
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Date/Time Formats - Writing |
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Encoding Options |
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ODBC Options |
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ASCII Options-Reading |
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ASCII Options-Write |
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SAS Reading |
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SAS Writing |
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Worksheet Options |
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JMP Options |
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R and S-PLUS Options |
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RATS Options |
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Output Options (1) |
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Output Options (2) |
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Advanced ASCII Options |
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Log Options |
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SET Options Used Only in Command Processor |
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Other Available Command Processor Commands |
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Command Files |
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ODBC Data Sources |
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The DBR and DBW Commands |
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Running Batch Jobs with ODBC |
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Variable Naming and Limits |
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Variable Names |
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Limitations on the Number of Variables |
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Limitations on Strings with Value Labels |
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Internal Limitations |
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Return Transfers to the Original Format |
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Supported Programs |
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Input and Output Variable Types |
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1-2-3 Worksheet Files |
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Access |
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ASCII Files - Delimited |
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ASCII Files - Fixed Format |
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BayesiaLab |
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SCHEMA Files for ASCII Input |
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dBASE Files and Compatibles |
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DDI (Data Documentation Initiative) Schemas |
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Epi Info |
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EViews |
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Excel Worksheets |
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Feather |
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FoxPro Files |
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Gauss Files |
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GenStat Files |
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gretl |
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HTML Tables |
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JMP Files |
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JSON-Stat |
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LIMDEP Files |
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Matlab Files |
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Mineset Files |
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Minitab Worksheets |
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Mplus Files |
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NLOGIT Files |
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ODBC Data Sources |
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OpenDocument Spreadsheets |
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OSIRIS Files |
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Paradox Tables |
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Quattro Pro Worksheets |
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RATS Files |
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SAS Data Files |
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SAS Value Labels |
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SAS CPORT |
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SAS Transport Files |
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S-PLUS Files |
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SPSS Data Files |
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SPSS Portable Files |
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Stata Files |
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Statistica Files |
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SYSTAT Files |
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Triple-S |
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