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# pandas.io.stata.StataReader.data

`StataReader.``data`(convert_dates=True, convert_categoricals=True, index=None)

  Reads observations from Stata file, converting them into a dataframe

  Parameters : | convert_dates : boolean, defaults to True Convert date variables to DataFrame time values convert_categoricals : boolean, defaults to True Read value labels and convert columns to Categorical/Factor variables index : identifier of index column identifier of column that should be used as index of the DataFrame
  Returns : | y : DataFrame instance

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