pspp-1.6.0 released, review

2022-06-02 Thread someone
Hi This time I ran the means using another variable, and then copied the syntax to notepad, and put in my variable, "arearegion" and copied and pasted from notepad to file/new/syntax MEANS TABLES =  population BY arearegion. This worked without a problem, and I -did- get the right output. The two

Re: pspp-1.6.0 released, review

2022-06-02 Thread Ben Pfaff
That should be fine. When PSPP crashes, it's unlikely to be the user's fault. I find the GUI to be difficult to debug and to have confidence in. It is not reliable enough, in my opinion, and I'm not quite sure what to do about that yet. On Thu, Jun 2, 2022, 6:53 PM someone wrote: > Ah, well, I'

pspp-1.6.0 released, review

2022-06-02 Thread someone
Ah, well, I'm not sure I'm doing this right. I ran a means using another variable as the category (year) which is numerical. I think I got the syntax, but, well, now I can't get to it, because I copied the syntax, and tried to paste it into a new syntax box and got a pop up box saying i discover

Re: pspp-1.6.0 released, review

2022-06-02 Thread Ben Pfaff
OK. This can be considered a bug in the GUI. I think that it should still work OK from syntax, although I haven't tried it. On Thu, Jun 2, 2022 at 4:52 PM someone wrote: > Hi > > Thanks for responding. Yes, "arearegion" is a text or string variable. > > Thanks > > Gene > > > > -Original Mess

pspp-1.6.0 released, review

2022-06-02 Thread someone
Hi Thanks for responding. Yes, "arearegion" is a text or string variable. Thanks Gene -Original Message- From: Ben Pfaff To: someone Cc: public@gmail.com ; pspp-users@gnu.org Sent: Thu, Jun 2, 2022 7:32 pm Subject: Re: pspp-1.6.0 released, review It looks like that dialog only su

Re: pspp-1.6.0 released, review

2022-06-02 Thread Ben Pfaff
It looks like that dialog only supports numeric variables currently (this seems to be too restrictive). Is your "arearegion" variable a string variable? On Thu, Jun 2, 2022 at 3:57 PM someone wrote: > oops, yes, my mistake. I didn't want sum for this output, just > frequencies. Sorry. The freque

Re: pspp-1.6.0 released, review

2022-06-02 Thread Ben Pfaff
Hmm, this feature seems to work OK here. This syntax: data list notable list /forename (A12) height. begin data. Ahmed 188 bertram 167 Catherine 134 David 109 end data. FREQUENCIES /VARIABLES = height /FORMAT=AVALUE TABLE /STATISTICS=SUM. yields this output: Statistics ╭─┬──╮

pspp-1.6.0 released, review

2022-06-02 Thread someone
I downloaded and installed 1.6 from herehttps://caeis.etech.fh-augsburg.de/downloads/windows/pspp-win-daily/1.6.0-ge6b96c/ I mentioned earlier that PSPP was not able to read my data set correctlyhttps://drive.google.com/file/d/11WIET3s4eMHsB6JQ6hOQBx0SKquGRKKw/view?usp=sharingI'm happy to say th

pspp-1.6.0 released, review

2022-06-02 Thread someone
oops, yes, my mistake. I didn't want sum for this output, just frequencies. Sorry. The frequencies look right. Next step, I wanted to get means. I mentioned before that when I follow  AnalyzeCompare MeansMeans My categorical variable, that I want to group population means by, "arearegion", doesn'

Re: pspp-1.6.0 released

2022-06-02 Thread Ben Pfaff
We don't have official binary releases, but the builds at that website are ones that I consider to be trustworthy. You don't have to wait for permission to use them. On Thu, Jun 2, 2022 at 2:01 PM someone wrote: > > Hi > > Is the version that appears on the gnu page the "official" release" > http

pspp-1.6.0 released

2022-06-02 Thread someone
Hi Is the version that appears on the gnu page the "official" release"https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/get.html and the versions that appear herehttps://caeis.etech.fh-augsburg.de/downloads/windows/pspp-win-daily/Are they nightly builds Any idea when 1/6 will be on the gnu page? thanks Gene -

Re: pspp-1.6.0 released [stable]

2022-06-02 Thread Ben Pfaff
Friedrich, is there a recommended link for 1.6 to substitute for the one for 1.5.3 that currently appears at https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/get.html? On Thu, Jun 2, 2022 at 1:27 PM ft gmail wrote: > > Go to the page Ben mentioned which lists 1.6. > > - ftr > > On 01/06/2022 22:41, someone wrot

Re: pspp-1.6.0 released [stable]

2022-06-02 Thread ft gmail
Go to the page Ben mentioned which lists 1.6. - ftr On 01/06/2022 22:41, someone wrote: Also, adding my thanks very much to those developing, maintaining this. On the gnu page https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/get.html It says You can install pspp on Windows 64 Bit via the pspp-1.5.3-g797d4c.

Re: pspp-1.6.0 released [stable]

2022-06-02 Thread ft gmail
Great, Ben, the version runs well on windows. Thanks ! On 01/06/2022 18:11, Ben Pfaff wrote: I expect a build of 1.6.0 to be available at https://caeis.etech.fh-augsburg.de/downloads/windows/pspp-win-daily within a day. On Wed, Jun 1, 2022 at 8:53 AM ft gmail wrote: I can only support what J