Ed, I think the crosstabs issue came up previously and I don't think it's possible. I would suggest that you log a bug for each of these with a clear description of what you expect and what doesn't work. Including your syntax and a tiny sample dataset would also help.
http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?func=additem&group=pspp About compute and dummy coding, that's also not available through the PSPP GUI but I have never found the SPSS GUI particularly easy... Wouldn't it be easier to just write a snippet of code to do this? BTW, I use recode statements: recode d5_sex (1=1) (SYSMIS=COPY) (ELSE=0) into d5_sex_males. execute. If you had multiple values, recode is a lot easier: * assume segment is 1-5 and 1 is the "baseline" group. recode d6_segment (2=1) (SYSMIS=COPY) (ELSE=0) into d6_segment_2. recode d6_segment (3=1) (SYSMIS=COPY) (ELSE=0) into d6_segment_3. recode d6_segment (4=1) (SYSMIS=COPY) (ELSE=0) into d6_segment_4. recode d6_segment (5=1) (SYSMIS=COPY) (ELSE=0) into d6_segment_5. execute. And finally, I don't know anything about the last question. PSPP had syntax before it had a GUI, so if it's not supported by syntax, I doubt it's supported by the GUI. I think a couple SPSS routines (e.g., FREQ) have some (syntax) options about how to list variables, and those are likely to work similarly in PSPP. SPSS also buries similar features in a context menu in the output window but PSPP wouldn't have anything like that at this time. -Alan On 1/10/2016 8:49 PM, Ed Nelson wrote: > > I'm a new user of PSPP. I have used SPSS for a long time but just > started using PSPP a couple of months ago and I have several questions > and would appreciate someone's help. > > * Crosstabs -- I don't see how to run a three-variable crosstab from > the graphical interface. It appears that it only runs > two-variable tables. However, when I use my SPSS syntax file it > will read the file and create a three-variable table. > Here's an example of the SPSS syntax. > CROSSTABS > /TABLES=g2_owngun BY d5_sex BY d11_class > /FORMAT=AVALUE TABLES > /CELLS=COUNT COLUMN. > Is there a way to do this from the interface? > * Select cases -- I want to create a dummy variable for use with > regression. In SPSS I would use the Compute command to set a > variable equal to 0. Then I would use the select cases command to > change that variable to 1 if the person was male. I would click > on select cases and then then on the If button and then tell SPSS > to change the value to 1 if the person was male. Here's an > example of the SPSS syntax. > COMPUTE d5_sex_males=0. > IF (d5_sex = 1) d5_sex_males=1. > That would give me the dummy variable. But I can't see how to do > this from the interface in PSPP. lt will however run the SPSS > syntax file and do it correctly. I'm writing exercises for my > students and don't want to have to show them syntax. I want to be > able to do it from the interface. Is that possible? > > * In SPSS you can click on Edit and then on Options and tell SPSS to > show the variable names alphabetically. In PSPP it shows the > variable labels instead of the variable names. Is there any way > to get it to show the variable names in the interface? > > Thank you for all help you might be able to give me. > > Ed > > -- > Ed Nelson > Professor Emeritus of Sociology > CSU Fresno > 559-978-9391 > ednel...@csufresno.edu > > > _______________________________________________ > Pspp-users mailing list > Pspp-users@gnu.org > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pspp-users -- Alan D. Mead, Ph.D. President, Talent Algorithms Inc. science + technology = better workers +815.588.3846 (Office) +267.334.4143 (Mobile) http://www.alanmead.org Announcing the Journal of Computerized Adaptive Testing (JCAT), a peer-reviewed electronic journal designed to advance the science and practice of computerized adaptive testing: http://www.iacat.org/jcat
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