[BlindRUG] Collaborating with Stata users

[Jonathan Godfrey]

Hello Divya,

I think you have to weigh up how much work you do to stay using a different tool to your workmates versus the work required for you to adapt.

Stata is command based albeit that the code is quite different to the R code you're familiar with. The code can be put into script files (DO files to use Stata terminology) and the output can be pushed into text files.

Some possibilities:

  *   You could run short blocks of Stata code within an R markdown file
  *   You could use an LLM tool to convert your R code into the Stata equivalent.
  *   You could investigate options of getting Stata output in something other than plain text, perhaps HTML.




I had an interaction with a blind Stata user earlier this year. I asked if they were happy to use it or wanted to move to using R. I believe they stayed put.

HTH,
Jonathan

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Dear all,
Are there any strategies that you have found helpful while collaborating with teams that primarily use Stata? At my current workplace, I am the only person using R, and I have to work on projects that have only used Stata. I know that this is not strictly an accessibility issue. I had even tried learning Stata in the past, but found it very inaccessible, cumbersome and inefficient.
I look forward to your suggestions.
Best wishes,
Divya

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