Can you tell is which variable(s) you analyzed using frequencies? -Alan
On 9/26/2016 9:48 AM, Cecily Ray wrote: > Thanks to Harry, Ann and John. > > There are 109041 respondents (records) in the dataset. > > I am interested in analyzing 1175 of these records having a certain > response (recoded as a particular variable. I believe no variable has > more than about 5 or 6 distinct responses (most are not continuous > variables, certainly not the few of interest). > > Ann, are you saying you have analysed Demographic and Health Survey > (or National Family Health Survey) data for India? What kind of > machine did you use? > > I feel this should run on an ordinary laptop. I closed Chrome and like > I said, the performance improved but was still slow (got "non > response"), but got results. Now we shall try some further calculations. > > Regards, > Cecily > > > > > > On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 6:58 PM, Harry Thijssen > <pspp4wind...@gmail.com <mailto:pspp4wind...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > That leaves a few unpleasant options: > > a) the installation is not correct. (Maybe mixed build generations > by installing versions from different build generations without > removing the old version first). Unlikely this is the problem, > but you can give it a try be removing the directory where PSPP is > installed, and install PSPP again (maybe a newer version but I > doubt a newer version will make any difference) > b) your hardware, especially the harddisk or its driver has a > problem. Is it possible to have your hardware checked? However you > wrote that you already tried on another laptop (of your daughter) > so this doens't look as a likely case. > c) you and your daughter have some program on your computer which > greatly slows down disk IO. You could check it by testing on a > clean installed PC. > > Have fun > > >I have run the same analyses with the same data set with no problems. So > I > > don't think it's the data set. > > >Ann E. Dunlop, M.A. > >Doctoral Candidate,HDFS > >Michigan State University > > 2016-09-26 10:37 GMT+02:00 Cecily Ray <cecily....@gmail.com > <mailto:cecily....@gmail.com>>: > > Dear Alan, Ann and Harry, > > Many thanks for your inputs on my issues of slow PSPP. > I have used the Task Manager as suggested by Alan and > found that often there is an alternation between PSPP > and System Idle Manager using a high percentage of memory. > This happens when PSPP is saying (Not Responding) > > My laptop has 4 GB of memory in two main memory slots, according > to the product specification sheet. > > If I can get a chance later I will send a screenshot. > > Regards, > Cecily Ray > > > On Sat, Sep 24, 2016 at 7:47 PM, Harry Thijssen > <pspp4wind...@gmail.com <mailto:pspp4wind...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > Hi Cecily > > I don't think PSPP is to slow with big datasets. 500 Mb is > not that big. I just think you are not working with an > optimal configuration. > > The tests Alan suggested would have given more info about > the problem so people could give you an advice. May guess > at the moment is that you should use a bigger workspace > or have a problem with your tmp files on a slow disk. The > later is unlikely as I expect just 1 disk in your laptop. > > Assuming you have a laptop with at least 4 Gb memory I > would recommend setting your workspace to 500 Mb or more. > You can do this in the syntaxeditor window with: > > set WORKSPACE=524288. > > You can check this with: > > show ALL. > > You find the syntax editor by going in PSPPIRE to the file > tab and then syntax. > > If you could tell the exact file you downloaded for your > work people could try to find out what is going on and > help you. It would also be usefull if you could post what > happens if you change your workspace settings as suggested > above. > > Have fun > > > > > Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 00:08:10 +0530 > From: Cecily Ray <cecily....@gmail.com > <mailto:cecily....@gmail.com>> > To: Alan Mead <ame...@alanmead.org > <mailto:ame...@alanmead.org>> > Cc: "pspp-users@gnu.org <mailto:pspp-users@gnu.org>" > <pspp-users@gnu.org <mailto:pspp-users@gnu.org>> > Subject: Re: PSPP not working > Message-ID: > > > <cafeo8o4pcfgntaocxf0+4mj8itjful7yj0np-myi1qpwy3z...@mail.gmail.com > > <mailto:cafeo8o4pcfgntaocxf0%2b4mj8itjful7yj0np-myi1qpwy3z...@mail.gmail.com>> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Alan, > > Thank you for your helpful replies. I now understand > that PSPP works fine > with smaller datasets than with the large one I am > using. I think I will > have > to go for a trial version of SPSS. > > Cecily > > > > > > -- 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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