John
Knew I’d seen something like this recently. Many thanks. All I need now is the original questionnaire!
John
John F Hall (Mr)
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From: Lemon, John [[hidden email]]
Sent: 24 May 2013 15:54
To: John F Hall
Subject: RE: Retrieving original variable sequence
John
I assume you looked at the obvious in ‘Edit’ – ‘Options’ that specifies the order of the variables in the file:
Alternatively using syntax you could save the file to a new location with the KEEP = option with the variables in the order you want.
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [[hidden email]] On Behalf Of John F Hall
Sent: 24 May 2013 14:41
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Retrieving original varaible sequence
Pure laziness on my part, but I’ve downloaded the *.sav file for the NORC GSS 2008. The variables are in alphabetical order: is there a way to return them to the original questionnaire order? That way, if I have the questionnaire in front of me I can use it as documentation etc.
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