[EpiData-list] Parallels, Windows and Epidata Entry 3.1

-- Stine Brøndum Andersen Læge, ph.d. studerende Børneafdelingen Holbæk Sygehus Smedelundsgade 60 4300 Holbæk Den 03/04/2013 kl. 19.17 skrev "epidata-list@lists.umanitoba.ca" epidata-list@lists.umanitoba.ca: > Jamie, thank you VERY much! > Well, I'll try first to export from SPSS. If I have problems, I'll try by > STATA... > This is my first time with EpiData, and everything is new. > Thanks again, > Best, > Carlos. > > > 2013/4/3 epidata-list@lists.umanitoba.ca > >> The simplest way to get your data into EpiData is to export it from SPSS >> to stata (file type .dta), although this may or may not work with your >> version of SPSS >> >> You can import stata files directly into either classic EpiData or the new >> EpiData Manager. If you import to Manager, you will likely have to check >> each variable to be sure the format is what you want (e.g. number of >> decimals). You can check this easily using the codebook function in classic >> epidata or one of the reports in Manager. >> >> Then fix the fields you need to. Note that in Manager, you can select a >> group of similar fields to change the size of field (e.g. decimals or >> string length). If SPSS exports value labels, these should come into >> Manager OK. >> >> a caveat - I have never tried the SPSS to Stata part; I have done Stata to >> EpiData. >> >> The more complex, but guaranteed to get your data in exactly as you want >> is to export SPSS to tab-delimited. You then have to create your own >> epidata database and use import the data. This can get really messy as >> Epidata expects the data to conform EXACTLY to your specifications. I have >> had a lot of grief trying to get things to match. >> >> You can also import that tab-delimited data into Excel (there are lots of >> web sites that explain how to do this). Then format each column in Excel to >> match what you want (e.g. number of decimal places). Make sure the last >> column has no missing values. I suggest adding a field called XEND with the >> number one in each cell. >> Make sure the first row has legal Epidata variable names. >> Select the entire table, copy the data. >> Then start up Epidata Analysis and give these commands: >> >> read /cb >> save mydata >> >> You have just created mydata.rec with all of your data. In fact, if you >> can select and copy all of your data in SPSS along with the variable names, >> there is no need for Excel. However, I think you may only be able to copy >> the data. You need the first line to be variable names for this to work. I >> have done this a lot (to get from Excel data to SPSS and it work well as >> long as the data are clean. Analysis expects all of your variables to be >> consistent and not have special characters (quotes, commas) embedded in >> text fields. >> >> Good luck! >> Jamie >> >> On 2013-04-03, at 9:42 AM, epidata-list@lists.umanitoba.ca wrote: >> >>> My SPSS databank is composed of 703 columns, where the first 200 are >>> baseline, and the other the follow-up. Each line is a case. >>> Every time I want to input data, I open the databank, search for the case >>> number and for the situation (e.g. 3rd month). After this, I fill in with >>> the data. >>> My baseline variables are different from the follow-up. >>> At follow-up, variables are the same, exept the variable identification: >>> height1m and weight1m ---> height3m and weight3m. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> EpiData-list mailing list >> EpiData-list@lists.umanitoba.ca >> http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list > _______________________________________________ > EpiData-list mailing list > EpiData-list@lists.umanitoba.ca > http://lists.umanitoba.ca/mailman/listinfo/epidata-list