Sas Stata. When you export a sas data set to a stata file a single missing value is written to the stata file. We also highly recommend a sample stata session via the stata web site which gives you a quick overview of using stata as well as seeing the gs getting started manual that accompanied your purchase of stata.
By default sas prints a missing numeric value as a single period and a missing character value as a blank space. By specifying the file extension as dta sas understands that the sas data file mydata in the work directory will be converted to a stata file. Sas missing values are written as stata missing values.
To begin with sas is in its version 9 and has also enhanced its visual appeal greatly.
Stata both spss and sas have been around in the world of statistical analysis for several years now so the conundrum of which is better software for statistical analysis is an age old question among data people. Node 1 of 31. To begin with sas is in its version 9 and has also enhanced its visual appeal greatly. Sas s proc export can be used to convert a sas data file to stata format as shown below.
