Simply choose Display Data File Information and Working File.ĭoing this gives you two tables. There is a nice little way to get a few tables with a list of all the variable metadata. Or even just to print them out for yourself for easy reference. But sometimes you need to just print them all out–to create a code book for another analyst or to include in the output you’re sending to a collaborator. Spending the time to set up variable information makes data analysis much easier–you don’t have to keep looking up whether males are coded 1 or 0, for example.Īnd having them all in the variable view window makes things incredibly easy while you’re doing your analysis. This includes variable labels, missing data codes, value labels, and variable formats. Many personalities I refer there are kind contributors of SPSS Tools.One of the nice features of SPSS is its ability to keep track of information on the variables themselves. Also, in spite of existence of powerful Web-search engines, I am proud to possess one of the biggest SPSS links collection in the Internet. There is important Tutorials page, joining internal didactic materials and external links to significant learning content, related to SPSS. This site is not all code! I have merged a few separate pages into kind of SPSS Tools Blog, with tips, FAQs and notes for SPSS users. As most of them were written and tested on versions prior to 16, read first important compatibility comments in Help system of your current version. With the advent of Python and other ingegration plugins Basic scripts are less demanded. Good old Sax (Win Wrap) Basic, embedded into SPSS for Windows to control user interface and output.ĭozens of scripts are at your disposal at Sample Scripts Library page. Sample R Library is almost empty yet - waiting for your inputs! Basic Scripts Use open-sourced cutting-edge statistical algorithms from within SPSS Statistics. It will replace macros and Basic scripts for you, and will do much more if you invest some time to master it.ĭevelopment with Python is so fast and straightforward that much of SPSS extension commands implemented by current SPSS vednor (IBM) are done with Python (and sometimes R) use.Ĭheck out Sample Python Library to find samples of useful Python code for SPSS users.Īnother fruitful integration making SPSS workbench capabilities almost limitless. Python ScriptsĬross-platform power and fun language closely integrated with SPSS starting version 14. The independent site section, Kirill's SPSS Macros Page, is a truly gem - the extensive collection of well-done and well-documented macros developed by Kirill Orlov. For those who learning macros, macro tutorial and debugging pages will be of help. Visit SPSS Macro Home for better view of macro stuff on the site. Sample Macro Library tends to unify useful macro utilities, less related with a specific data analysis task, applicable in many different situations. Most macros are located in Sample Syntax Library on this site. Using macros in SPSS syntax is very natural.
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Wrapping syntax with SPSS Macro functionality. Or just type "END MATRIX" in the search box above to find examples. There is no separate section on this site on matrix yet (just an idea), but you can find numerous solutions with Matrix in Sample Syntax Library. As one could easily guess, it aimes to provide matrix-wise operations, instead of row-by-row calculations with data. Matrix, like Macro, is another language, implanted into SPSS syntax long time ago. There are also number of links to other site's sections, directly related to syntax, like learning and debugging syntax, and SPSS Programming and Data Management book page. You'll find there some explanations why syntax is so important in SPSS Statistics, even in presence of well-developed GUI. If you prefer to go step-by-step through all web-site content, consider to start with SPSS Syntax Home. I also encourage you to use Google search form above, as the number of code samples is quite large. If you are looking for a solutions of a certain data transformation or data analysis problem, dive right into.
Sample Syntax Library is the origin of Raynald's SPSS Tools, and remains the biggest section of the site, some 80% of the contents. You'll find hundreds of syntax solutions on this site, grouped by purpose: read and export data, file restructuring, confidence intervals, transform variables, ROC-analysis…