Comments on: R, Stata and “non-rectangular” data http://codeandculture.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/r-stata-and-non-rectangular-data/ Stata, Sociology, and Diffusion Models Sat, 19 Dec 2009 23:53:31 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: sunday morning links – academic experiences edition « orgtheory.net http://codeandculture.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/r-stata-and-non-rectangular-data/#comment-109 sunday morning links – academic experiences edition « orgtheory.net Sun, 17 May 2009 02:35:09 +0000 http://codeandculture.wordpress.com/?p=279#comment-109 [...] Back at Gabe’s house, Code and Culture, Pierre is a new blogger and has two posts on R vs. Stata and how to make R behave. Meanwhile, the Rossman does a hazard analysis of how people unsubrsribe to [...] [...] Back at Gabe’s house, Code and Culture, Pierre is a new blogger and has two posts on R vs. Stata and how to make R behave. Meanwhile, the Rossman does a hazard analysis of how people unsubrsribe to [...]

]]> By: pkremp http://codeandculture.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/r-stata-and-non-rectangular-data/#comment-74 pkremp Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:20:49 +0000 http://codeandculture.wordpress.com/?p=279#comment-74 actually, i don’t have any opinion on people using spss — as long as they save their code/logs and can replicate their results, I’m fine with any statistical package… (but I agree that point-and-click without logs is a recipe for disaster) i guess reformatting datasets can be a pain in any language; R is no exception… but being able to work on different datasets at the same time can definitely save time and avoid coding mistakes. actually, i don’t have any opinion on people using spss — as long as they save their code/logs and can replicate their results, I’m fine with any statistical package… (but I agree that point-and-click without logs is a recipe for disaster)
i guess reformatting datasets can be a pain in any language; R is no exception… but being able to work on different datasets at the same time can definitely save time and avoid coding mistakes.

]]> By: Trey http://codeandculture.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/r-stata-and-non-rectangular-data/#comment-72 Trey Wed, 29 Apr 2009 01:09:33 +0000 http://codeandculture.wordpress.com/?p=279#comment-72 Agreed with what's written above, but it is possible to open more than one copy of Stata at once (on Windows boxes) to work with multiple datasets. Agreed with what’s written above, but it is possible to open more than one copy of Stata at once (on Windows boxes) to work with multiple datasets.

]]> By: shrinkingisaac http://codeandculture.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/r-stata-and-non-rectangular-data/#comment-71 shrinkingisaac Wed, 29 Apr 2009 00:04:05 +0000 http://codeandculture.wordpress.com/?p=279#comment-71 i've always been baffled by how Stata can take something so simple and make it so complicated ("reshape" - no need to be embarrassed by having to look that one up. It just doesn't make sense). i’ve always been baffled by how Stata can take something so simple and make it so complicated (“reshape” – no need to be embarrassed by having to look that one up. It just doesn’t make sense).

]]> By: gabrielrossman http://codeandculture.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/r-stata-and-non-rectangular-data/#comment-70 gabrielrossman Tue, 28 Apr 2009 22:28:09 +0000 http://codeandculture.wordpress.com/?p=279#comment-70 it's funny because i spend a <i>lot</i> of time merging and reshaping datasets but it never occurred to me that there was a better way to do it, i just figured that's the way it is. a friend of mine likes to say "all 3s!" that he (rightly) considers this to be a boast is pretty good evidence of what a pain merging issues are in Stata, i'm just surprised that it's easier in another package. (no doubt you're thinking about me right now the same way i think of spss people) it’s funny because i spend a lot of time merging and reshaping datasets but it never occurred to me that there was a better way to do it, i just figured that’s the way it is.
a friend of mine likes to say “all 3s!” that he (rightly) considers this to be a boast is pretty good evidence of what a pain merging issues are in Stata, i’m just surprised that it’s easier in another package. (no doubt you’re thinking about me right now the same way i think of spss people)

]]> By: Bobby Chen http://codeandculture.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/r-stata-and-non-rectangular-data/#comment-69 Bobby Chen Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:46:22 +0000 http://codeandculture.wordpress.com/?p=279#comment-69 Hi Pierre: In my department there's a divide between R users and Stata users. Mainly having to do with the R users doing more work in network analysis as well as bayesian statistics. The stata users (like myself) is generally thought of as lower level non-quantiods. But I agree with you, working on merging multiple datasets gets very cumbersome with Stata. Hi Pierre:

In my department there’s a divide between R users and Stata users. Mainly having to do with the R users doing more work in network analysis as well as bayesian statistics. The stata users (like myself) is generally thought of as lower level non-quantiods. But I agree with you, working on merging multiple datasets gets very cumbersome with Stata.

]]> By: Vincent http://codeandculture.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/r-stata-and-non-rectangular-data/#comment-68 Vincent Tue, 28 Apr 2009 19:34:41 +0000 http://codeandculture.wordpress.com/?p=279#comment-68 Thanks a lot Pierre. This is a very timely post for me, and I look forward to your next entries. Thanks a lot Pierre. This is a very timely post for me, and I look forward to your next entries.

]]> By: Jenn Lena http://codeandculture.wordpress.com/2009/04/28/r-stata-and-non-rectangular-data/#comment-66 Jenn Lena Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:23:23 +0000 http://codeandculture.wordpress.com/?p=279#comment-66 Welcome, Pierre! Welcome, Pierre!

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