Frequently Asked Questions about SPSS
General SPSS Questions |
SPSS for Windows 3.x, 95, 98, NT |
SPSS for Macintosh |
SPSS PC+ |
SPSS on Unix
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General SPSS Questions
- Merging
in SPSS (& SAS)
- Creating a
counter variable in SPSS
- Binomial probabilities
using SPSS
- Setting blanks
equal to user-specified values in SPSS
- Text data output
from SPSS system files
- Contingency
tables and the test of independence in SPSS
- Calculating
change in years in SPSS
- Checking SPSS
data with LIST
- Tukey's test
for aliitivity in repeated measures designs
- Formatting
SPSS FACTOR output
- Dummy-coded
categorical variables for SPSS REGRESSION
- Repeated measures
post-hoc comparisons using SPSS
- Selecting
cases randomly with SPSS
- Producing
an SPSS variable that has group mean values
- Sums of variable
lists in SPSS
- SPSS univariate
vs.multivariate tests of repeated measures ANOVA
- Obtaining
one-tailed p-values
- Performing
an MDS analysis with SPSS
- Fitting a
polynomial with SPSS MANOVA
- Non-linear
regression (negative exponential) with SPSS
- Converting
SPSS multivariate repeated measures data to univariate format
- Solid black
pages from printed SPSS graphs
- Identifying
variables and cases with missing data
- Converting
missing values to numeric using SPSS
- Using SPSS
LOGISTIC to create a predicted category membership variable
- Interaction
contrasts in SPSS
- Testing H0:
Homogenous regression slopes
- Computing
ANOVAS from summary stats with SPSS
- Correlating
factor loadings from separate samples using SPSS
- Plotting separate
regression lines for each subject
- Intercept
in SPSS MANOVA contrast
- Updating the
license for SPSS for Windows
- Having SPSS
write temporary data files to a non-default location
- SPSS test
of homogenous regression slopes with repeated measures data
- Adjusted means
from SPSS MANOVA in a repeated measures with grouping factor
- SPSS installation
difficulties/SPSS CONJOINT module
- SPSS data
file to MS Excel spreadsheet
- MS Excel spreadsheet
to SPSS data file
- Scoring exam
scores using SPSS
- Counting like
columns in SPSS
- Transforming
univariate data to multivariate data using SPSS
- Using Macros in SPSS
- How can I do differential sample weighting
for subgroups?
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SPSS File Conversions
- How do I transfer SPSS files between Mac and
Windows?
- SPSS system file into SPSS transport File?
- SPSS
transport file into SAS data set?
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SPSS for Windows
- How do I transfer SPSS files between Mac and
Windows?
- Error
7002: There Appears to be a License, but it is Invalid
- Installation
Problem: "File msvcrt19.dll cannot be found".
- Why
does the File/Open command in SPSS for Windows (Version 6.1) reveal only those
files in the default working directory even when I point to a different driv
e?
- Error
message: "Unable to start the SPSS processor. Unable to load the file SPSSWCTL.DLL".
- Change in R-Square
using SPSS for Windows
- Using Templates
with SPSS Windows
- Intraclass
correlation from SPSS Windows
- Installing
SPSS 8.0 on Windows NT 4.0 Workstation on a non-C:\Partition
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SPSS for Macintosh
- How do I transfer SPSS files between Mac and
Windows?
- Is
SPSS 10 for the Mac compatible with OS X?
- What
replaced the 4.0 Set Directory Command?
- Does
SPSS 6.1 for the Macintosh work with the G3 chip from Apple?
- Exporting
SPSS/Mac system files to other systems
- SPSS/Mac on
PowerMac: Failure of SPSS Processor
- Installing
SPSS 6 on an Apple iMac
- Does
SPSS plan to develop for the Mac platform beyond 6.1?
- Do
current versions of SPSS for the Macintosh run on Macintosh OS 7.X?
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SPSS/PC+
- If
you use SPSS/PC+ version 4 or 4.0.1 and use the TRANSLATE FROM command to
import a spreadsheet or database file and then try to use the SAVE OUTFILE
command to save the data to a SPSS/PC+ system file, you may get the error
message:
Error # 716
"I/O ERROR WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SAVE A FILE--Perhaps the disk is
full or damaged. The integrity of the file is not guaranteed.
This command not executed."
- Printing
results in SPSS/PC+?
- Moving
SPSS/PC+ files to the mainframe
- Temporary
procedures
- Getting
SPSS/PC+ (4.0) and Harvard Graphics 3 to work together?
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SPSS on Unix
- How
do I use SPSS with an ADM5 terminal type?
- I
get the following message when running SPSS. What can I do to fix this?
File: /usr/tmp/spssxy8QGAI
Error detected in: putbyte
Error: No space left on device
File pointer: 200C5D40
File number: 7
Error # 9309
The host system has detected an error related to an input or output operation.
This is an error from which SPSS cannot recover.
The SPSS run will terminate now.
- When
I type "spssold" and press enter, I get the following message:
Warning: SPSS version 5 X interface is unstable and may abort.
Use +m or -m to select manager mode or prompting mode for SPSS 5.
And then I get the SPSS News start up screen, but I get dumped back to the
system prompt ($). How can I get spssold to start up?
- I'm
using an X Windows interface to my unix account and I want to use the Interactive
X Windows Display Manager of SPSS. I typed "spss" at the prompt and got the
fo llowing message-why can't I get into the manager mode of SPSS anymore ?
/rs6000/spss6/bin/spss:
X Window operation is not possible because DISPLAY is not
defined.
Use the +m flag to run the character-based Manager.
Use the -m flag for prompted or batch execution.
- I've
heard that in the new version of SPSS (version 6.1) there is an X windows
Display Manager mode. What are differences/advantages of the X window mode
?
- Increasing
Memory Size on SPSS for UNIX
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