Stata to Mplus data transfer

[Witold Orlik]

Could someone please help me to find out how to transfer a .dta file onto Mplus?

I know that there is stata2mplus command just do not know how to get Stata extension for Stata se13 (64 bit) to proceed successfully with the command.

Please help

Kind regards

Witold

[Doug Hemken]

type
-search stata2mplus-

or look at
https://stats.idre.ucla.edu/stata/fa...lus-data-file/

[Marcos Almeida]

You may also use the user-written - runmplus - to run MPlus from Stata.

[Witold Orlik]

Thanks for your advice,

@Doug,

I used that link but could not open the downloaded file...

Then, I was trying to find relevant files to be downloaded directly through stata and coud not find them on the list...

, is it possible that my stata version 13 (64 bit) is too old version for this?


@ Marcos, could you please provide any more details I typed in runmplus into stata but the command was not recognized.

Thank you again


Witold

[Marcos Almeida]

@ Marcos, could you please provide any more details I typed in runmplus into stata but the command was not recognized.

Hello, Witold. It is a user-written program. Therefore, you need to find it, then install it. To find it, you may try - findit runmplus - and see what happens. If you don't get it by this command, please let us know. As soon as I come back to "my" Stata, I can check it out.

For now, the help files of - runmplus - may interest you as well.

[Witold Orlik]

Hello guys,

I installed this succesfully SJ-15-4, dm67_4 (please see attachment) and still obtaining this in my stata window: "unrecognized command: stata2mplus"

Not sure what is wrong as it SHOULD be working fine now. Stata is up to date and I restarted comaputer. Any ideas? Please and thank you

[Richard Williams]

I don't understand what your attachment has to do with stata2mplus. The attachment refers to a different file.

Just do

findit stata2mplus

and you will be a couple of clicks away from having it installed.

[Doug Hemken]

Your Stata version is not a problem.
After you type -findit stata2mplus- or -search stata2mplus- you should see the following image. Click on the third link.

[Marcos Almeida]

This is a very basic step to download user-written programs. That said, you need to select the "right one" carefully. I'm not with "my" Stata at this moment, but you'll probably get several embedded links after typing - findit runmplus - as recommended in #3, #5,, and #7 (or stata2mplus as well). This is to say that, after typing the - findit - command - , please take a look at the links. Some of them are texts, some of them are programs, but not exactly the one you're looking for.

[Witold Orlik]

Hello guys,

Thanks everybody for help.

Richard Williams - it worked now, thank you very much.

Now I can think about Easter, so... Happy Easter to all fo yous

[Fadzai Chikwava]

Dear all
Tried to follow this thread for some solutions, but havent found any.

I am trying to find ways to download "stata2mplus" but I get an error message when I am working in STATA in the VDI or datalab environment since I do not have access to the internet. Is it possible to download this package for converting stata files to Mplus, then I can bring in the installation files in VDI. How can I get this package into VDI so I am able to convert my STATA files to MPlus

[Joseph Coveney]

I am trying to find ways to download "stata2mplus" but I get an error message when I am working in STATA in the VDI or datalab environment since I do not have access to the internet. Is it possible to download this package for converting stata files to Mplus, then I can bring in the installation files in VDI.

You could try something like the following on a machine that has Internet access.

local URL https://stats.oarc.ucla.edu/stat/stata/ado/analysis
local file_list stata2mplus.ado stata2mplus.hlp
foreach file of local file_list {
    copy "`URL'/`file'" "`c(pwd)'/`file'"
}

The two files (ADO and help) will be copied into your working directory. You can then copy or move them to a removable disc or drive, bring them on that into your VDI (whatever that is) or laboratory and copy them to your working directory there, assuming that you're permitted to. Stata will be able to use them from your working directory.

In the meantime, why not just use the official Stata outfile?

Its use is illustrated below with selected integer and floating-point variables of the auto dataset as probes. Crosschecking output from the two passages of code below (one a DO file and the other the corresponding MPlus INP file), they give the same regression coefficients & standard errors, residual variances & covariances (spot checked only).

version 17.0

clear *

quietly sysuse auto

outfile price mpg headroom trunk weight length turn displacement gear_ratio ///
    foreign using Auto.dat, wide nolabel

recast double price weight
quietly replace price = price / 1000
quietly replace weight = weight / 2000

sem (price mpg headroom trunk weight length turn displacement ///
    gear_ratio <- foreign), ///
        covstructure(e._OEn, unstructured) ///
        nocnsreport nodescribe nofootnote nolog

exit

Format any floating-point variables to the precision that you need beforehand.

TITLE:  Import from Stata
DATA:
        FILE IS Auto.dat;
VARIABLE:
        NAMES ARE PRI MPG HEA TRU WEI LEN TUR DIS GEA FOR;
DEFINE:
        PRI = PRI / 1000;
        WEI = WEI / 2000;
MODEL:
        PRI-GEA ON FOR;
        PRI WITH MPG HEA TRU WEI LEN TUR DIS GEA;
        MPG WITH HEA TRU WEI LEN TUR DIS GEA;
        HEA WITH TRU WEI LEN TUR DIS GEA;
        TRU WITH WEI LEN TUR DIS GEA;
        WEI WITH LEN TUR DIS GEA;
        LEN WITH TUR DIS GEA;
        TUR WITH DIS GEA;
        DIS WITH GEA;

[Fadzai Chikwava]

Thanks so much for this.