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John F Hall

Dsiplay labels for selected variables

Does anyone know how to get display to print var labels for selected variables on the lines of

list /cases 10 .

rather than churning out the whole list? I was rather hoping that syntax like:

disp lab / v24 v39 happy .

would work, but apparently not.

Ruben Geert van den Berg

Re: Dsiplay labels for selected variables

Hi John,

Is this what you're looking for?

display variables
/variables=D01_1onv to d01_5onv.

You can abbreviate it a bit btw.

Best,

Ruben van den Berg
Consultant Models & Methods
TNS NIPO
Email: [hidden email]
Mobiel: +31 6 24641435
Telefoon: +31 20 522 5738
Internet: www.tns-nipo.com

Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 12:52:02 +0200
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Subject: Dsiplay labels for selected variables
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Does anyone know how to get display to print var labels for selected variables on the lines of

list /cases 10 .

rather than churning out the whole list? I was rather hoping that syntax like:

disp lab / v24 v39 happy .

would work, but apparently not.

Antoon Smulders

Re: Dsiplay labels for selected variables

In reply to this post by John F Hall

See: the Report command in the syntax reference ?.

Antoon Smulders

Van: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] Namens John F Hall
Verzonden: maandag 2 augustus 2010 12:52
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Onderwerp: Dsiplay labels for selected variables

Does anyone know how to get display to print var labels for selected variables on the lines of

list /cases 10 .

rather than churning out the whole list? I was rather hoping that syntax like:

disp lab / v24 v39 happy .

would work, but apparently not.

John F Hall

Re: Dsiplay labels for selected variables

In reply to this post by Ruben Geert van den Berg

Ruben

Thanks. Different file. but:

disp var /var sex age .

gives too much info:

Variable Information
Variable		Position	Label	Measurement Level	Role	Print Format	Write Format
dimension0	sex	459	Sex of Respondent	Nominal	Input	F4	F4
dimension0	age	458	Age of respondent	Scale	Input	F4	F4
Variables in the working file

What I was after (different survey again) is:

disp lab .

(Lot of messing about with pivot table,but:

Variable Labels
Variable		Position	Label
dimension0	serial	1	Serial number of questionnaire
	v4	2	Q1 rank: Welfare State
	v5	3	Q1 rank: Countryside
	v6	4	Q1 rank: Defence and Nuclear Issues
	v7	5	Q1 rank: Politics
	v8	6	Q1 rank: Industry & Employment
	v10	7	Q2a: Serious nuclear accident
	v11	8	Q2b: Impossible for police to protect
	v12	9	Q2c: Nuclear bomb dropped
	v14	10	Q3: Satisfaction with running of NHS
	v16	11	Q4: Typing
	v17	12	Q4: Wordprocessing
	v18	13	Q4: Social statistics
	v19	14	Q4: Survey analysis etc
	v20	15	Q4: Other computing
	sex	16	Q5: Sex of respondent
	v24	17	Q6: Main transport mode
	age	18	Q8: Age last birthday
	metres	19	Q7: Height in metres only
	feet	20	Q7: Feet part of height
	inches	21	Q7: Inches part of height
Variables in the working file

What I really want is to be able to select the variables in the display, eg::

disp lab /var v10 to v14 .

I suppose a workaround would be (but life is too short to be fannying around)

GET FILE='C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\Weebly website contents\SPSS-PASW files\myclass\myclass3.sav'

/keep v10 to v14.

DATASET NAME DataSet3 WINDOW=FRONT.

disp lab .

Variable Labels
Variable		Position	Label
dimension0	v10	1	Q2a: Serious nuclear accident
	v11	2	Q2b: Impossible for police to protect
	v12	3	Q2c: Nuclear bomb dropped
	v14	4	Q3: Satisfaction with running of NHS
Variables in the working file

but it looks better like this:

Variable Labels
Variable		Position	Label
dimension0	v10	1	Q2a: Serious nuclear accident
	v11	2	Q2b: Impossible for police to protect
	v12	3	Q2c: Nuclear bomb dropped
	v14	4	Q3: Satisfaction with running of NHS
Variables in the working file

Dunno where dimension0 came from.

John

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Subject: Re: Dsiplay labels for selected variables

Hi John,

Is this what you're looking for?

display variables
/variables=D01_1onv to d01_5onv.

You can abbreviate it a bit btw.

Best,

Ruben van den Berg
Consultant Models & Methods
TNS NIPO
Email: [hidden email]
Mobiel: +31 6 24641435
Telefoon: +31 20 522 5738
Internet: www.tns-nipo.com

Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 12:52:02 +0200
From: [hidden email]
Subject: Dsiplay labels for selected variables
To: [hidden email]

Does anyone know how to get display to print var labels for selected variables on the lines of

list /cases 10 .

rather than churning out the whole list? I was rather hoping that syntax like:

disp lab / v24 v39 happy .

would work, but apparently not.

John F Hall

Re: Dsiplay labels for selected variables

In reply to this post by Antoon Smulders

Antoon

Just had a look. I don't think it will do what I want and it's far too complicated for the kind of beginning users at whom I'm aiming my tutorials. Thanks anyway.

John

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Subject: Re: Dsiplay labels for selected variables

See: the Report command in the syntax reference ?.

Antoon Smulders

Van: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] Namens John F Hall
Verzonden: maandag 2 augustus 2010 12:52
Aan: [hidden email]
Onderwerp: Dsiplay labels for selected variables

Does anyone know how to get display to print var labels for selected variables on the lines of

list /cases 10 .

rather than churning out the whole list? I was rather hoping that syntax like:

disp lab / v24 v39 happy .

would work, but apparently not.

Ruben Geert van den Berg

Re: Dsiplay labels for selected variables

In reply to this post by John F Hall

Dear John,

I'm sorry, I didn't realize the additional information would be a problem. I wasn't aware of any command that omits this but I had a quick look at the CSR (version 17) and found:

display labels

/variables =V20_1 to V20_7.

Thanks for pointing that out!

Best,

Ruben van den Berg
Consultant Models & Methods
TNS NIPO
Email: [hidden email]
Mobiel: +31 6 24641435
Telefoon: +31 20 522 5738
Internet: www.tns-nipo.com

Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 17:04:25 +0200
From: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: Dsiplay labels for selected variables
To: [hidden email]

Ruben

Thanks. Different file. but:

disp var /var sex age .

gives too much info:

Variable Information
Variable		Position	Label	Measurement Level	Role	Print Format	Write Format
dimension0	sex	459	Sex of Respondent	Nominal	Input	F4	F4
dimension0	age	458	Age of respondent	Scale	Input	F4	F4
Variables in the working file

What I was after (different survey again) is:

disp lab .

(Lot of messing about with pivot table,but:

Variable Labels
Variable		Position	Label
dimension0	serial	1	Serial number of questionnaire
	v4	2	Q1 rank: Welfare State
	v5	3	Q1 rank: Countryside
	v6	4	Q1 rank: Defence and Nuclear Issues
	v7	5	Q1 rank: Politics
	v8	6	Q1 rank: Industry & Employment
	v10	7	Q2a: Serious nuclear accident
	v11	8	Q2b: Impossible for police to protect
	v12	9	Q2c: Nuclear bomb dropped
	v14	10	Q3: Satisfaction with running of NHS
	v16	11	Q4: Typing
	v17	12	Q4: Wordprocessing
	v18	13	Q4: Social statistics
	v19	14	Q4: Survey analysis etc
	v20	15	Q4: Other computing
	sex	16	Q5: Sex of respondent
	v24	17	Q6: Main transport mode
	age	18	Q8: Age last birthday
	metres	19	Q7: Height in metres only
	feet	20	Q7: Feet part of height
	inches	21	Q7: Inches part of height
Variables in the working file

What I really want is to be able to select the variables in the display, eg::

disp lab /var v10 to v14 .

I suppose a workaround would be (but life is too short to be fannying around)

GET FILE='C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\Weebly website contents\SPSS-PASW files\myclass\myclass3.sav'

/keep v10 to v14.

DATASET NAME DataSet3 WINDOW=FRONT.

disp lab .

Variable Labels
Variable		Position	Label
dimension0	v10	1	Q2a: Serious nuclear accident
	v11	2	Q2b: Impossible for police to protect
	v12	3	Q2c: Nuclear bomb dropped
	v14	4	Q3: Satisfaction with running of NHS
Variables in the working file

but it looks better like this:

Variable Labels
Variable		Position	Label
dimension0	v10	1	Q2a: Serious nuclear accident
	v11	2	Q2b: Impossible for police to protect
	v12	3	Q2c: Nuclear bomb dropped
	v14	4	Q3: Satisfaction with running of NHS
Variables in the working file

Dunno where dimension0 came from.

John

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----- Original Message -----

From: [hidden email]

To: [hidden email]

Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 2:35 PM

Subject: Re: Dsiplay labels for selected variables

Hi John,

Is this what you're looking for?

display variables
/variables=D01_1onv to d01_5onv.

You can abbreviate it a bit btw.

Best,

Ruben van den Berg
Consultant Models & Methods
TNS NIPO
Email: [hidden email]
Mobiel: +31 6 24641435
Telefoon: +31 20 522 5738
Internet: www.tns-nipo.com

Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 12:52:02 +0200
From: [hidden email]
Subject: Dsiplay labels for selected variables
To: [hidden email]

Does anyone know how to get display to print var labels for selected variables on the lines of

list /cases 10 .

rather than churning out the whole list? I was rather hoping that syntax like:

disp lab / v24 v39 happy .

would work, but apparently not.

bruce phillips-2

Re: Dsiplay labels for selected variables

In reply to this post by John F Hall

I have a very low-tech approach that works fine for me. I highlight the variable names in VAriable view and then copy and paste to a spreadsheet. Then I do the same thing for variable labels (four columns over). I keep the vars in my original datasets in a different worksheet from ones that I have created. I put them into categories and sort them so that I have all the various age category variables I have used together.

Bruce Phillips
Hebrew Union College/University of Southern California

----- Original Message -----
From: John F Hall <[hidden email]>
Date: Monday, August 2, 2010 8:07 am
Subject: Re: Dsiplay labels for selected variables
To: [hidden email]

> Ruben
>
> Thanks. Different file. but:
>
> disp var /var sex age .
>
> gives too much info:
>
> Variable Information
>
> Variable
> Position
> Label
> Measurement Level
> Role
> Print Format
> Write Format
>
> dimension0
> sex
> 459
> Sex of Respondent
> Nominal
> Input
> F4
> F4
>
> age
> 458
> Age of respondent
> Scale
> Input
> F4
> F4
>
> Variables in the working file
>
>
>
> What I was after (different survey again) is:
>
> disp lab .
>
> (Lot of messing about with pivot table,but:
>
> Variable Labels
>
> Variable
> Position
> Label
>
> dimension0
> serial
> 1
> Serial number of questionnaire
>
> v4
> 2
> Q1 rank: Welfare State
>
> v5
> 3
> Q1 rank: Countryside
>
> v6
> 4
> Q1 rank: Defence and Nuclear Issues
>
> v7
> 5
> Q1 rank: Politics
>
> v8
> 6
> Q1 rank: Industry & Employment
>
> v10
> 7
> Q2a: Serious nuclear accident
>
> v11
> 8
> Q2b: Impossible for police to protect
>
> v12
> 9
> Q2c: Nuclear bomb dropped
>
> v14
> 10
> Q3: Satisfaction with running of NHS
>
> v16
> 11
> Q4: Typing
>
> v17
> 12
> Q4: Wordprocessing
>
> v18
> 13
> Q4: Social statistics
>
> v19
> 14
> Q4: Survey analysis etc
>
> v20
> 15
> Q4: Other computing
>
> sex
> 16
> Q5: Sex of respondent
>
> v24
> 17
> Q6: Main transport mode
>
> age
> 18
> Q8: Age last birthday
>
> metres
> 19
> Q7: Height in metres only
>
> feet
> 20
> Q7: Feet part of height
>
> inches
> 21
> Q7: Inches part of height
>
> Variables in the working file
>
>
>
> What I really want is to be able to select the variables in the
> display, eg::
>
> disp lab /var v10 to v14 .
>
> I suppose a workaround would be (but life is too short to be
> fannying around)
>
>
>
> GET FILE='C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\Weebly website
> contents\SPSS-PASW files\myclass\myclass3.sav'
>
> /keep v10 to v14.
>
> DATASET NAME DataSet3 WINDOW=FRONT.
>
> disp lab .
>
>
>
> Variable Labels
>
> Variable
> Position
> Label
>
> dimension0
> v10
> 1
> Q2a: Serious nuclear accident
>
> v11
> 2
> Q2b: Impossible for police to protect
>
> v12
> 3
> Q2c: Nuclear bomb dropped
>
> v14
> 4
> Q3: Satisfaction with running of NHS
>
> Variables in the working file
>
>
>
>
>
> but it looks better like this:
>
>
>
> Variable Labels
>
> Variable
> Position
> Label
>
> dimension0
> v10
> 1
> Q2a: Serious nuclear accident
>
> v11
> 2
> Q2b: Impossible for police to protect
>
> v12
> 3
> Q2c: Nuclear bomb dropped
>
> v14
> 4
> Q3: Satisfaction with running of NHS
>
> Variables in the working file
>
>
>
>
>
> Dunno where dimension0 came from.
>
>
>
> John
>
>
> 　
>
>
>
> 　
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ruben van den Berg
> To: [hidden email]
> Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 2:35 PM
> Subject: Re: Dsiplay labels for selected variables
>
>
> Hi John,
>
> Is this what you're looking for?
>
> display variables
> /variables=D01_1onv to d01_5onv.
>
> You can abbreviate it a bit btw.
>
> Best,
>
> Ruben van den Berg
> Consultant Models & Methods
> TNS NIPO
> Email: [hidden email]
> Mobiel: +31 6 24641435
> Telefoon: +31 20 522 5738
> Internet: www.tns-nipo.com
>
>
>
>
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> ----------
> Date: Mon, 2 Aug 2010 12:52:02 +0200
> From: [hidden email]
> Subject: Dsiplay labels for selected variables
> To: [hidden email]
>
>
> Does anyone know how to get display to print var labels for
> selected variables on the lines of
>
> list /cases 10 .
>
> rather than churning out the whole list? I was rather hoping
> that syntax like:
>
> disp lab / v24 v39 happy .
>
> would work, but apparently not.
>
>

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