This simple program is not working. Each is a PSPP data set with 30 observations, and there are no duplicate PatientIDs within each dataset. The PatientIDs match one-to one between each dataset (each PatientID in Condition.Sav appears once in Score.sav). Please note that line numbers below are for reference only and do not appear in the program.
I can open each data set individually; that is, if I run only lines 1 and 2, Condition.sav opens, and if I then open lines 3 and 4 dataset Score.sav opens. HOWEVER, when I open Score.sav, Condition.sav no longer appears, apparently replaced by Score.sav. When I run the entire program, the merge doesn’t work, and I just see Score.sav. My hunch is that Condition.sav is being replaced by Score.sav and is no longer “active” for the merge. In fact, I get these two error messages: 1. error: An error occurred while opening `Condition.sav': No such file or directory. 2. C:\Users\Mynamw\Desktop\PSPP SYNTAX 1.sps.1: error: `Condition.sav' is not a system or portable file. How do I fix this problem so that Condition.sav and Score.sav will merge? Thank you very much! 1. GET FILE= "C:\Users\Myname\Desktop\Condition.sav" 2. SORT CASES BY PatientID(A). 1. GET FILE= "C:\Users\Myname\Desktop\Score.sav" 2. SORT CASES BY PatientID(A). 1. MATCH FILES FILE="Condition.sav" 2. /FILE="Score.sav" 3. /BY PatientID 4. /MAP. SAVE OUTFILE="C:\Users\Myname\Desktop\merged data set.sav".
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