(Building off my last answer) That depends on how long you've allowed it to run. Maybe PSPP is too slow.
-Alan On 9/23/2016 12:33 PM, Cecily Ray wrote: > Dear Alan, > > I have just now tried your suggestion on running Freq/variable in a > blank window. > That too gets PSPPIRE Editor (Not Responding). I have tried that on my > daughter's > laptop (a 64 bit COMPAQ) since I had already uninstalled PSPP on my > laptop. > > I kind of assume that the dataset is too big for PSPP. > > Regards, > Cecily Ray > > On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 10:53 PM, Cecily Ray <cecily....@gmail.com > <mailto:cecily....@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Dear Alan, > Thank you for your early reply. > I had installed version 10.2 of PSPP. for 64 bit computers with > Windows 7. > My dataset was downloaded from http://dhsprogram.com/ > (a Demographic and Health Survey for India) and its size is > 429,852 Kb. > > I have been able to look at many of the variables to see their > full names appear > but when I ask the program to give me a frequency or something > else, the top > bar above the dataset says "(Not responding)". > > I am sorry I don't understand all the technical words you are > using ("gui" etc.) > but I have used SPSS for a number of years for my study and work > so I know > how to use it. However I never use any syntax apart from the > program itself. > > I hope this clarifies the problem I am facing. > > Thanks and regards, > Cecily Ray > > > > > On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 8:19 PM, Alan Mead <ame...@alanmead.org > <mailto:ame...@alanmead.org>> wrote: > > Do you recall what version of PSPP you installed? Do you > recall if it was the 32-bit or 64-bit version? I am using an > older version, pspp 0.10.1-g1082b8, and it works fine on my > 64-bit windows 7. > > When you say that the program doesn't respond, you click on > the gui and a dialog opens but the statistics doesn't show up > in the output? Or what exactly do you mean by "does not > respond"? Compared to SPSS (which raises the output window > when new output appears) PSPP is relatively quiet (the output > window should "throb" but not raise itself). > > After opening a dataset, if you click File > New > Syntax do > you get a blank syntax window? And can you type: "freq / x." > (without the quotes)? And If you then change "x" to be one of > your variables and select Run > All does output appear? > > -Alan > > > > On 9/23/2016 6:44 AM, Cecily Ray wrote: >> Dear Programmers, >> >> Yesterday I installed PPSP for Windows (I have version 7) on >> my Toshiba Satellite C655 laptop (64 bit). >> The dataset opens nicely but the program does not respond >> whenever I try any performing any operation >> like frequencies of a variable. >> >> If you can help me know what to do at the earliest, I would >> be most grateful. >> >> Thanking you, >> Cecily Ray >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pspp-users mailing list >> Pspp-users@gnu.org <mailto:Pspp-users@gnu.org> >> https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pspp-users >> <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 > > I've... seen things you people wouldn't believe... > functions on fire in a copy of Orion. > I watched C-Sharp glitter in the dark near a programmable gate. > All those moments will be lost in time, like Ruby... on... Rails... > Time for Pi. > > --"The Register" user Alister, applying the famous > "Blade Runner" speech to software development > -- 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 I've... seen things you people wouldn't believe... functions on fire in a copy of Orion. I watched C-Sharp glitter in the dark near a programmable gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like Ruby... on... Rails... Time for Pi. --"The Register" user Alister, applying the famous "Blade Runner" speech to software development
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