/sav-to-csv

Use R to convert proprietary .sav files from SPSS to open .csv and .tsv formats

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Convert SPSS files to CSV

A repo for converting .sav files for SPSS into open formats such as comma-separated values (csv)

This file format is a proprietary standard used by IBM for the paid license software SPSS. Since this software is needlessly expensive you can just analyse your data in Excel, Libre Office or using a programming language of choice.

Converting .sav with R

Put your .sav dataset file in the data folder and run the script called convert.r

Requires the haven package

To Do

Converting with other languages such as Python