Publications
Leah J Welty, Luke V Rasmussen, Abigail S Baldridge, Eric W Whitley, Facilitating reproducible research through direct connection of data analysis with manuscript preparation: StatTag for connecting statistical software to Microsoft Word, JAMIA Open, Volume 3, Issue 3, October 2020, Pages 342–358, https://doi.org/10.1093/jamiaopen/ooaa043
Upcoming Presentations
No upcoming presentations at this time.
Past Presentations
LMU München, BERD Academy: “StatTag and StatWrap for Conducting Collaborative Reproducible Research”
September 29, 2023
Presenters: Leah Welty, PhD
Women in Analytics Conference: “Practical Approaches to Reproducibility in Academia and Beyond”
3:30-4:10pm, Friday, July 23, 2021
Presenters: Abigail Baldridge, MS
UC Davis Biostatistics Seminar
12:00-1:00pm, Tuesday, May 11, 2021
Presenters: Leah Welty, PhD
University of Strathclyde, Departmental Colloquia, Health and Ecology Modelling: “Reproducibility in the Context of Collaborative Research”
Glasgow, Scotland, February 2021 (virtual).
Presenters: Leah Welty, PhD
Translational Science 2020: Session 1009 “A Pragmatic Introduction to Reproducible Research for Translational Science”
April 16, 2020, Washington, D.C.
3:00 PM – 4:45 PM
Room: Washington 4
Presenters: Luke Rasmussen, Eric Whitley
Cancelled due to COVID-19 – looking to perform as a webinar in the second half of 2020
Stata Conference: “Connecting Stata and Microsoft Word using StatTag for collaborative reproducibility”
9:20-10:10am, Friday, July 12, 2019, Chicago, IL
Presenters: Abigail Baldridge, MS
useR! 2019: “Connecting R/R Markdown and Microsoft Word using StatTag for Collaborative Reproducibility”
14:18, Wednesday, July 10, 2019, useR! 2019 Conference, Toulouse, France
Presentation – Reproducibility Session
Presenters: Leah Welty, PhD
useR! 2019: “RCocoa and R.NET – A Consistent Interface Across Development Environments. useR!”
Thursday, July 10, 2019, useR! 2019 Conference, Toulouse, France
Poster L94
Presenters: Luke Rasmussen, MS
ENAR 2019 Spring Meeting: “SC4: StatTag for Connecting R, SAS, and Stata to Word: A Practical Approach to Reproducibility”
March 24, 2019, Philadelphia, PA
Half Day Short Course
8:00 am – 12:00 pm
Presenters: Abigail Baldridge, MS, Luke Rasmussen, MS
AMIA 2019 Informatics Summit: “W04: Pragmatic Reproducible Research for Analysis, Dissemination and Publication”
March 25, 2019, San Francisco, CA
Workshop
8:30 am – 12:00 pm
Presenters: Luke Rasmussen, MS, Eric Whitley
Northwestern Biomedical Data Science Day: “StatTag: A Tool for Connecting Statistical Output to Microsoft Word”
Presenter: Abigail Baldridge, MS
4:00-5:00 PM Wednesday May 9, 2018 at the Prentice Harris Family Atrium in Chicago, IL (Poster)
Society for Clinical Trials 2018 Tutorial: “StatTag for Connecting R, SAS, and Stata to Word: A Practical Approach to Reproducibility”
Presenter: Leah J. Welty, PhD & Abigail S. Baldridge, MS
10:00-11:00 AM Monday May 21, 2018 at the Hilton Portland Downtown in Portland, Oregon
Society for Clinical Trials 2018 Presentation: “StatTag for Connecting R, SAS, and Stata to Word: A Practical Approach to Reproducibility”
Presenter: Abigail S. Baldridge, MS
9:15-10:15 AM Tuesday May 22, 2018 at the Hilton Portland Downtown in Portland, Oregon
Chicago Chapter of the American Statistical Association Luncheon: “Connecting Statistical Output to Microsoft Word: A Practical Approach to Reproducibility”
Presenter: Leah J. Welty, PhD
11:30-1:00 PM Tuesday May 8, 2018 at the East Bank Club in Chicago, IL
AMIA 2018 Informatics Summit: “Expanding the Practice of Reproducible Research in Biomedical Informatics with StatTag and Microsoft Word”
Presenter: Luke V. Rasmussen, MS
March 13, 2018, San Francisco, California
ASA Conference on Statistical Practice: “Tools for Connecting R, SAS, and Stata to Word: A Practical Approach to Reproducibility”
Presenter: Leah J. Welty, PhD & Abigail S. Baldridge, MS
February 17, 2018, Portland, Oregon
Department of Preventive Medicine Biostatistics Seminar: “Facilitating Reproducible Research through Direct Connection of Data Analysis with Manuscript Preparation”
Presenter: Leah J. Welty, PhD
September 18, 2017, Chicago, IL
2017 Chicago Biomedical Informatics and Data Science Jam: “StatTag: Facilitating Reproducible Research through Direct Connection of Data Analysis with Manuscript Preparation”
Presenter: Leah J. Welty, PhD
September 5, 2017, Chicago, IL
Joint Statistical Meetings, “StatTag: A New Tool for Conducting Reproducible Research in Clinical and Translational Science”
As part of the session: The Role of the Statistician in Advancing Translational Science
Presenter: Leah J. Welty, PhD
July 2017, Baltimore, Maryland
Northwestern Computational Research Day, “Introducing StatTag: A New Reproducible Research Tool for Connecting R, SAS, and Stata to Microsoft Word”
System Demonstration during the Researchers’ Reception held in the Louis Room from 4:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Presenters: The StatTag Team
April 18, 2017, Evanston, Illinois
13th Annual Lewis Landsberg Research Day: “StatTag: A Tool for Connecting Statistical Output to Microsoft Word”
Presenter: Luke V. Rasmussen, MS
April 6, 2017, Chicago, Illinois (Poster)
SAS Global Forum: “StatTag: A New Tool for Conducting Reproducible Research with SAS”
Presenter: Abigail S. Baldridge, MS
April 2-5, 2017, Orlando, Florida (Table Talk)
ENAR 2017 Spring Meeting: “Contradiction or Contribution? Introducing StatTag, A New Tool to Conduct Reproducible Research using Microsoft Word”
Presenter: Leah J. Welty, PhD
March 14, 2017, Washington, D.C.
ASA Conference on Statistical Practice: “StatTag: A Reproducible Research Tool for Generating Dynamic Documents Using Microsoft Word”
Presenter: Abigail S. Baldridge, MS
February 23, 2017, Jacksonville, Florida (E-Poster)
StatTag Lunch and Launch
February 15, 2017, Chicago, IL
“Statistically Speaking . . . ” Seminar Series: “Enhancing Rigor and Transparency in Research: Adopting Tools that Support Reproducible Research”
Presenter: Leah J. Welty, PhD
October 28, 2016, Chicago, Illinois
Midwest SAS Users Group: “StatTag: A New Tool for Conducting Reproducible Research with SAS”
Presenter: Abigail S. Baldridge, MS
October 9-11, 2016, Cincinnati, Ohio (E-Poster)
AMIA Webinar: “Enhancing Rigor and Transparency in Translational Research – Adopting Tools that Support Reproducible Research”
Presenter: Leah J. Welty, PhD
September 27, 2016 (online event)
Stata Conference: “StatTag: A Reproducible Research Tool for Generating Dynamic Documents Using Microsoft Word and Stata”
Presenter: Leah J. Welty, PhD
July 29, 2016, Chicago, Illinois
Releases
9/22/2023 – StatTag for Windows v6.0.5
This re-enables the feature to automatically run code and update tags when a document opens, and addresses some stability issues with running Python.
10/28/2022 – StatTag for Windows v6.0.4
This addresses some issues with running SAS, as well as an issue with the installer during upgrades. We have added a warning when removing a tag to match behavior in the macOS version.
10/28/2022 – StatTag for macOS v3.0.7
Added support for Stata 16 and 17, and ensures security compatibility with macOS 10.15 and higher. We have some enhancements for dark mode, improving detection of R, and creation of log files.
11/3/2021 – StatTag for Windows v6.0.3
This provides a check to see if you are affected by a known issue with Word crashing unexpectedly with R 4.0.3 and higher (only affects Windows 10 x64). In addition, we have moved to a new installer program.
7/8/2020 – StatTag for macOS v3.0.6
Added support for tags in footnotes and endnotes within a Word document. This functionality already exists in StatTag for Windows.
5/11/2020 – StatTag for Windows v6.0.1 and macOS v3.0.5
This includes an updated User’s Guide.
4/20/2020 – StatTag for Windows v6.0
In this version we are excited to provide support for Python! We have also made some improvements to how StatTag looks on high resolution (high DPI) displays, and have also updated to a more recent version of the .NET Framework.
4/16/2020 – StatTag for macOS 3.0.3
This improves error messages reported when R code fails to run in certain situations. This includes a more detailed informational message about a known issue with non-ASCII characters being used in R variable names and parameters.
3/21/2020 – StatTag for macOS 3.0.2
This addresses a crash that some users reported with running R code.
9/12/2019 – StatTag for Windows v5.0.2 and macOS 3.0.1
This addresses an issue that some users reported with running R code blocks from within tags.
4/12/2019 – StatTag for Windows v5.0.1
This addresses an issue that some users reported with running SAS code.
3/13/2019 – StatTag for Windows v5.0 and macOS 3.0
In these versions we are excited to provide support for R Markdown! You can also find system information under the “About” dialog if you are ever having problems getting StatTag to run.
11/20/2018 – StatTag for macOS 2.0.1
This addresses issues in the v2.0 release when trying to edit or add tags.
11/1/2018 – StatTag for Windows v4.0 and macOS 2.0
The Windows version includes a redesigned user interface, which is better aligned now with StatTag for macOS. Both versions have improved performance for inserting and updating tags, detection of overlapping tags, ‘code peek’ capabilities, and improved validation when saving a tag.
6/19/2018 – StatTag for Windows v3.4 and macOS 1.2
These versions provide support for changes made in R 3.5, and will support all versions of R 3.1+ from the same StatTag executable. In addition, this addresses an issue where StatTag locks up when processing the Stata ‘set maxvar’ command.
5/15/2018 – StatTag for Windows v3.3.1
StatTag v3.3 for Windows addresses an issue where Stata was not initializing properly on some instances of Windows 10.
5/4/2018 – StatTag for Windows v3.3
StatTag v3.3 for Windows supports inserting StatTag fields into Word shapes. It also offers improved support for file paths with apostrophes in them, addresses a Stata syntax issue in the tag editor, and also an error when updating a field and change tracking is enabled.
4/30/2018 – StatTag for macOS v1.1
StatTag v1.1 for macOS supports inserting StatTag fields into Word shapes. It also offers improved support for file paths with apostrophes in them, and addresses a Stata syntax issue in the tag editor.
2/14/2018 – StatTag for macOS v1.0
v1.0 is our initial release for macOS with support for R and Stata! This includes full support for values, tables, figures and verbatim results, the ability to share Word documents between macOS and Windows versions of StatTag, ability to attach code files, create and manage tags, and edit your code from within StatTag, and receive notifications when code files are changed outside of StatTag.
NOTE: Tables may populate slowly in this initial version (will be addressed in v1.1, coming soon)
2/14/2018 – StatTag for Windows v3.2
New in v3.2 – receive a notification when your code files change outside of StatTag, import CSV files as tables, changes to the user interface for User Settings as well as a new Document Properties screen, and a fix to properly handle Stata system variables (e.g., _b).
10/26/2017 – StatTag v3.1
The v3.1 release offers several enhancements, including automatically set working directory before executing code files, allow named parameters in R image commands, load images and CSVs (SAS) from relative paths, support SAS ODS CSV PATH parameter, and improved Stata error reporting.
5/15/2017 – StatTag v3.0
The v3.0 release has support for R, provides a new “verbatim” tag type (to output results from the console of your statistical program), and an improved UI for editing tags. It also addresses a few issues identified during beta testing. Although StatTag has always been considered an open source project, we have now officially centralized our code and examples in GitHub: https://github.com/stattag
2/20/2017 – StatTag v3.0 Beta
Our first development release of StatTag allows you to try new features ahead of time, and to provide us with early feedback to shape StatTag’s development. The v3.0 Beta release has support for R, provides a new “verbatim” tag type (to output results from the console of your statistical program), and an improved UI for editing tags.
1/27/2017 – StatTag v2.3 — Enhancements
We have improved the display of StatTag on high-DPI displays, as well as how StatTag interprets Stata comments.
11/17/2016 – StatTag v2.2 — Enhancements
You may now use variables/macros in file names.
10/19/2016 – StatTag v2.1 — Enhancements
We have made some improvements in the code editor, and have released a 32-bit installer. If you aren’t sure if you need 32-bit or 64-bit, try the 64-bit first. You will receive an error message if it does not work on your machine.
9/27/2016 – Announcing StatTag v2.0 — Compatible with SAS!
StatTag is now compatible with SAS! – Starting with StatTag v2.0, you may connect your Word document to Stata and SAS code files (even within the same document).
Existing users – v2.0 contains new and improved methods for handling rows and columns within tables. Your existing tags will continue to work, but you will notice changes in the StatTag dialog when defining tables.
Get started by downloading this release!
Software updates
StatTag is currently available for R, SAS, and Stata on Windows. If you would like to be notified when the new software is available, please register for an account on the Downloads site.