[BlindRUG] Collaborating with Stata users

[divya.goyal575 at gmail.com]

Hi Jonathan, 

Thank you so much for your suggestions and reflections. These are very
helpful. I totally agree with you. 

Thank you so much for the suggestions. I'll explore these possibilities. 

Best wishes, 

Divya 

 

 

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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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