How to open Statistica * .sta file under R?
edit:
Load the library statconnDCOM
to rcom.univie.ac.at
Then install the R package rcom
(this will also install the package rscproxy
it needs statconnDCOM
).
To install, run the following commands in the R console:
install.packages('rcom')
library(rcom)
comRegisterRegistry()
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Did this strategy, suggested by Rachel Gallen, work? I was stuck with a vital dataset stored in this .sta file and it would seem that I had no way to extract it from there other than to get a copy of Statistica for myself, which I didn't want to do, especially if I had to pay big dollar for that. But it turns out that if you are from the academy, you are given 12 months rent for free. https://www.onthehub.com/statistica/Give them your academic email address, which is good. It's more than enough for me to convert all those pesky .sta files to more usable formats. They don't even ask for all this personal data like name, company, etc. The downside is the need to download and install 1.3GB of the program when you are essentially only using it as an overrated file converter.
tl; dr: if you are a scientist, you can download statistics for free and use them for 12 months
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