Intro

#reading R data


mydata=read.csv("filepath.csv")
example:
retinol=read.csv2("C:/Users/ke05/Documents/My Dropbox/Biostat course/EPHD 312/Spring 2017/Project 1/TPretinol.csv")

Stata 13 dataset 
library("readstata13")

dataset_name<-read.dta13(“~/filepath/…/filename.dta”, convert.factors = TRUE, generate.factors = FALSE, encoding = "UTF-8", fromEncoding = NULL, convert.underscore = FALSE, missing.type = FALSE, convert.dates = TRUE, replace.strl = TRUE, add.rownames = FALSE, nonint.factors = TRUE)


dataset_name<-read.dta13(“~/filepath/…/filename.dta”)


*note: you can use either read.csv or read.csv2

Introduction to the Analysis of Survival Data in the Presence of Competing Risks

 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4741409/