I cannot seem to extract a .dta.gz file and import it into R. The zipped file is about 100MB. Whether I unzip it using WinGZip and then import the actual .dta file into R, or try to unzip the whole file in R, I always end up getting an error that says ''not a Stata version 5-12 .dta file''. Does a…

cannot extract .dta.gz file

Demetri_Zacharakis February 24, 2021, 12:36am 3

I have Stata 16 and I get the same error, what’s wrong?

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