Hi. I will send the dataset at the weekend. Best regards, Michele On Wed, 24 Apr 2019, 10:28 pm Alan Mead, <am...@alanmead.org> wrote:
> I'm glad you got the analysis to work. Are you able to share the dataset > that didn't work? > > -Alan > > On 4/24/2019 4:01 PM, Michele Mor wrote: > > HI. > A quick update. > I have saved the data set as text file and imported into PSPP (using GUI). > Done a frequency and now it works. > > I guess that inserting data using the GUI could cause some odd behaviour. > > Regards, > Michele > > > On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 9:38 PM Michele Mor <m.mor.m...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi. >> Apologies for the delay, but been very busy. >> On my Fedora 29: >> The pspp --version: >> pspp (GNU PSPP) 1.2.0 >> Copyright (C) 2018 Free Software Foundation, Inc. >> >> When I have executed the code provided by John everything worked as >> expected. >> >> I guess that the problem is to be found in the data itself. >> I have used the GUI to insert data, after creating variables using the >> syntax. >> For example: >> Numeric surveytype (F8.0). >> Variable label surveytype 'Paper or online survey'. >> Value labels surveytype >> 1 'Paper' >> 2 'Online'. >> Execute. >> Once the variable was created, I manually inserted 1 or 2. >> >> I will try to create a new data set using the syntax command or importing >> data from text file and see what happens. >> Obviously I'm open to suggestions. >> >> Thanks, >> Michele >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 19, 2019 at 3:22 PM John Darrington < >> j...@darrington.wattle.id.au> wrote: >> >>> It would be helpful if you would state precisely *which* version you are >>> using. Simply saying "the latest version" is not helpful. Different >>> operating systems package different versions at different times so each >>> has a different idea of what the "latest" is. Use "pspp --version" to >>> find out which version you're actually using. >>> >>> Also, although you pasted the output from the frequencies command, you >>> did not share with us the input that you used, so it's hard for us to >>> say why it didn't work as you expected. >>> >>> Normally the "count" (ie: the number of cases with the given value) >>> appears in the column labeled "Frequency". In the output you posted >>> all frequencies (counts) are zero. So if this is not what you expected, >>> then perhaps there is something wrong with the way you entered the data. >>> >>> I'm using pspp version 1.2.0, and the syntax below seems to work >>> fine for me. I suggest that you start from there and see how you go. >>> >>> PS: Please read chapter 20 of the manual for tips on providing useful >>> bug reports. >>> >>> data list notable list /x *. >>> begin data. >>> 1 >>> 1 >>> 1 >>> 2 >>> 2 >>> 2 >>> 3 >>> 3 >>> 5 >>> 5 >>> 5 >>> 5 >>> 5 >>> 5 >>> 5 >>> end data. >>> >>> frequencies /variables=x /format=table. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Apr 19, 2019 at 12:20:22PM +0100, Michele Mor wrote: >>> >>> I have installed the latest release from sourceforge on windows and >>> the >>> latest package using dfn in Fedora 29. >>> Both had the same issue. >>> I'm going away for few days, but I'll try to install a different >>> version in >>> windows when I'm back. >>> I am a bit surprised that such a problem could creep up in a release >>> version, since it's something very basic and that everyone does. >>> >>> > _______________________________________________ > Pspp-users mailing > listPspp-users@gnu.orghttps://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pspp-users > > > -- > > Alan D. Mead, Ph.D. > President, Talent Algorithms Inc. > > science + technology = better workers > http://www.alanmead.org > > "You're an interesting species. An interesting mix. > You're capable of such beautiful dreams, and such > horrible nightmares. You feel so lost, so cut off, > so alone, only you're not. See, in all our > searching, the only thing we've found that makes > the emptiness bearable, is each other." > > -- Carl Sagan, Contact > >
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