Loose Mult Response definition on closing sav file

[Mark Webb-3]

I define multiple response fields via Analyse - Multiple Response - Define
variable sets - etc.

If the session is ended and file is reopened these defined variable sets no
longer exist.

I tried via syntax with little improvement.



How do I retain these definitions once the file is closed ?



Regards

Mark

[Lemon, John S.]

Mark

Which version of SPSS and also did you define the sets using the
Multiple response or via the options at the top of the 'Table' submenu
in 14 / 15 ?

I seem to remember that earlier versions did not save the MR sets. Also
you don't see them in the data / variable view they only appear when you
want to use them.

Best Wishes

John S. Lemon
DIT - University of Aberdeen
Edward Wright Building: Room G51
Tel:  [phone]
Fax: [phone]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]]
> On Behalf Of Mark Webb
> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 3:04 PM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: Loose Mult Response definition on closing sav file
>
> I define multiple response fields via Analyse - Multiple
> Response - Define
> variable sets - etc.
>
> If the session is ended and file is reopened these defined
> variable sets no
> longer exist.
>
> I tried via syntax with little improvement.
>
>
>
> How do I retain these definitions once the file is closed ?
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Mark
>

[Peck, Jon]

SPSS has two different mult response set mechanisms.  If you use the older Multiple Response menu item in the base, the definitions are part of the MULT RESPONSE command, not the data, and they can be preserved by pasting the syntax generated.

The newer mechanism was originally part of the Custom Tables option but was moved to the Base in a recent release (14?).  Those definitions become a permanent part of the dataset, but they can be used only with Custom Tables and with Ggraph, which know how to handle these.  Ggraph, of course, is in the Base.  These definitions are more general than the older ones and are not accessible by the older Mult Response procedure.

So, to summarize, if you are using the Base mult response procedure, paste the syntax to preserve the definitions; if you are using Custom Tables, save the data to preserve the definitions.


HTH,
Jon Peck

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Subject: [SPSSX-L] Loose Mult Response definition on closing sav file

I define multiple response fields via Analyse - Multiple Response - Define
variable sets - etc.

If the session is ended and file is reopened these defined variable sets no
longer exist.

I tried via syntax with little improvement.



How do I retain these definitions once the file is closed ?



Regards

Mark