I'm having trouble building a dataset. I'm working with Census data from Brazil, and the particular set I'm trying to get into right now is a microdata sample which has 4 data files that are saved at .txt files full of numbers. The folder also has lot of excel sheets and other text files describing the data, and (I'm assuming) to help organize everything. Unfortunately there isn't much help in the description about how to construct the dataset and avoid messing things up (since its Census data, I need to make sure I avoid associating data with the wrong city/state, etc.).
I basically just need to be able to put the data in readable format, because there's literally 1 variable in the set that I can't find anywhere else and need to get at for some analysis. However, when I've tried to get the data straight into R (copy from NotePad), it overloads R, and R stops responding. Any suggestions? Or, if there isn't enough information about the set to be helpful, what else do you need to know? Or if you'd like to take a look at the data let me know and I can attach it. Thanks! -- View this message in context: http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/help-building-dataset-tp4637491.html Sent from the R help mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.