Great idea. Especially for those of us who cobble together solutions to
problems that arise on the discussion lists.
Although it is too bad that the distinction that is often made in
statistical circles between examples and samples is not preserved. I am
sure that these data files were NOT selected by a random process as
representative of some population of data sets.
Art
On 10/22/2010 4:49 PM, Bruce Weaver wrote:
> I suspect other users have had the same difficulty in finding the sample
> files. How big a deal would it be to add a shortcut to the ..\Samples
> folder in the "Open Data" dialog in version 20 and following? It could be
> another icon next to the Details and List icons that appear there now.
>
>
>
>
> Tesiny, Ed wrote:
>> C:\program Files\SPSSInc\PASWStatistics18\Samples
>>
>> Ed Tesiny
>>
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>> George Kyakulaga
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>> Subject: How To Access the Sample Files in PASW Missing Values User's
>> Guide
>>
>> Does anyone out there know how to access the sample files included in
>> the
>> PASW Missing Values 18 User's Guide? The following instructions are
>> given
>> on how to access them are given by the User's Guide, but I do not know
>> where to find the "installation directory" on my computer.
>>
>> "The sample files installed with the product can be found in the Samples
>> subdirectory of the
>> installation directory."
>>
>> Can anyone can give a step by step description of how to access these
>> files, or how to get the subdirectory and directory referred to in the
>> User's Guide?
>>
>> Thank you in advance!
>>
>> George
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