merging files and doing simple stats
Hello, New to PSPP (0.7.5 version run on Windows 7 home premium). Want to merge four files and run simple stats comparing portions of the files that have overlapping fields. I have built one file with about 250 variables, all named, with 94 cases each from one of four versions of a survey. Need to merge data from four online copies of the same four surveys. I have cleaned up the online versions so they align with the variables in the PSPP file, have created CSV files, can successfully import those CSV files to PSPP. But when I try to "merge" (add a file to the existing PSPP by "importing" the imported file simply replaces the original data. How can I build the omnibus file that will allow comparisons between identical components of the four versions? Thanks for your patience! Cheers, Gordon. ___ Pspp-users mailing list Pspp-users@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pspp-users
Re: merging files and doing simple stats
Gordon Handford writes: > New to PSPP (0.7.5 version run on Windows 7 home premium). Want to merge > four files and run simple stats comparing portions of the files that have > overlapping fields. I have built one file with about 250 variables, all > named, with 94 cases each from one of four versions of a survey. Need to > merge data from four online copies of the same four surveys. I have cleaned > up the online versions so they align with the variables in the PSPP file, > have created CSV files, can successfully import those CSV files to PSPP. But > when I try to "merge" (add a file to the existing PSPP by "importing" the > imported file simply replaces the original data. How can I build the omnibus > file that will allow comparisons between identical components of the four > versions? You probably want one of these commands documented in the user manual: http://pspp.benpfaff.org/~blp/pspp-master/20110208030506/user-manual/html_node/Combining-Data-Files.html#Combining-Data-Files -- Ben Pfaff http://benpfaff.org ___ Pspp-users mailing list Pspp-users@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pspp-users
Re: merging files and doing simple stats
Are you asking whether there is a way to do this through the GUI, without entering syntax? No, there is not, yet. Gordon Handford writes: > Hi Ben, and thank you for the instant response! > > I have no experience with changing the coding. Is there a way I can instruct > PSPP using the commands that turn up in the header section to "Add Files"? > Cheers, Gordon. > > On 9 February 2011 15:01, Ben Pfaff wrote: > > Gordon Handford writes: > > > New to PSPP (0.7.5 version run on Windows 7 home premium). Want to > merge > > four files and run simple stats comparing portions of the files that > have > > overlapping fields. I have built one file with about 250 variables, > all > > named, with 94 cases each from one of four versions of a survey. Need > to > > merge data from four online copies of the same four surveys. I have > cleaned > > up the online versions so they align with the variables in the PSPP > file, > > have created CSV files, can successfully import those CSV files to > PSPP. But > > when I try to "merge" (add a file to the existing PSPP by "importing" > the > > imported file simply replaces the original data. How can I build the > omnibus > > file that will allow comparisons between identical components of the > four > > versions? > > You probably want one of these commands documented in the user > manual: > http://pspp.benpfaff.org/~blp/pspp-master/20110208030506/ > user-manual/html_node/Combining-Data-Files.html#Combining-Data-Files > -- > Ben Pfaff > http://benpfaff.org > -- Ben Pfaff http://benpfaff.org ___ Pspp-users mailing list Pspp-users@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pspp-users
Re: merging files and doing simple stats
So how on earth would I enter the syntax to make this modification? Remember that I am not a programmer. The last programming I did was 30 years ago in Fortran. Maybe I need to give up and enter each case by hand? G On 9 February 2011 15:26, Ben Pfaff wrote: > Are you asking whether there is a way to do this through the GUI, > without entering syntax? No, there is not, yet. > > Gordon Handford writes: > > > Hi Ben, and thank you for the instant response! > > > > I have no experience with changing the coding. Is there a way I can > instruct > > PSPP using the commands that turn up in the header section to "Add > Files"? > > Cheers, Gordon. > > > > On 9 February 2011 15:01, Ben Pfaff wrote: > > > > Gordon Handford writes: > > > > > New to PSPP (0.7.5 version run on Windows 7 home premium). Want to > > merge > > > four files and run simple stats comparing portions of the files > that > > have > > > overlapping fields. I have built one file with about 250 > variables, > > all > > > named, with 94 cases each from one of four versions of a survey. > Need > > to > > > merge data from four online copies of the same four surveys. I > have > > cleaned > > > up the online versions so they align with the variables in the PSPP > > file, > > > have created CSV files, can successfully import those CSV files to > > PSPP. But > > > when I try to "merge" (add a file to the existing PSPP by > "importing" > > the > > > imported file simply replaces the original data. How can I build > the > > omnibus > > > file that will allow comparisons between identical components of > the > > four > > > versions? > > > > You probably want one of these commands documented in the user > > manual: > >http://pspp.benpfaff.org/~blp/pspp-master/20110208030506/ > > user-manual/html_node/Combining-Data-Files.html#Combining-Data-Files > > -- > > Ben Pfaff > > http://benpfaff.org > > > > -- > Ben Pfaff > http://benpfaff.org > ___ Pspp-users mailing list Pspp-users@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pspp-users
Re: Assistance
The file PSPP.zip was empty. Can you post the data somewhere else online? On Wed, Feb 09, 2011 at 02:46:59PM -0500, Peter Preston wrote: > I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. The results are not good when I do a > linear regression. I hope that I'm just not hitting the right button or > something. I've attached my PSPP program and my obviously incorrect COEFF, R, > and ANOVA results. Any help for me? Thanks greatly in advance for the time > and consideration - > > > Peter Preston, MA, MMHC, Stetson '90, USF '04 > Gov. Cary Augustus Hardee Senior High School > 830 Altman Road, Wauchula, Florida 33873 > English 6-12 Guidance K-12 DOE# 690820 > > "Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero" Horace. > ___ > Pspp-users mailing list > Pspp-users@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pspp-users ___ Pspp-users mailing list Pspp-users@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/pspp-users
