At 11:46 06/01/2008, Simo Vundla wrote: >Hi, >I'm trying to import categorical data from SPSS to R using the script: >xxx <-spss.get("xxx.por", use.value.labels=TRUE) but unfortunately >am getting an error message 'error reading portable-file dictionary'. > >I have successfully imported data in the past.
In my experience there is quite a high failure rate with files which people send me and which they claim to be in SPSS save format or SPSS portable format. If they have a reasonably recent version of SPSS then ask them to save it in Stata format which at least in my experience is a more robust process. >What could be the problem with this data? > >Thanks > >Simo > > > > > > > > >____________________________________________________________________________________ >Be a better friend, newshound, and > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] Michael Dewey http://www.aghmed.fsnet.co.uk ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.