MVA and Insufficient Memory

[Mesfin Mulatu]

Hello All,

I am trying to run a missing values analysis in SPSS 14, with a P4 machine
and 3 GB memory. My data file is large (about 15,000 records).

I keep getting an insufficient memory error message every time I tried MVA.
I increased memory allocation using SET WORKSPACE; I reduced the number of
variables in the analysis; and I closed most other programs. None of these
seemed to help.

Any suggestions?

Thank you.

Mesfin

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[Fry, Jonathan B.]

The MVA procedure stores all the data it will use in the workspace.  SET WORKSPACE to

(number of cases)*(number of variables used in MVA)/120.

Jonathan Fry
SPSS Inc.

-----Original Message-----
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Mesfin Mulatu
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 9:54 AM
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Subject: MVA and Insufficient Memory

Hello All,

I am trying to run a missing values analysis in SPSS 14, with a P4 machine
and 3 GB memory. My data file is large (about 15,000 records).

I keep getting an insufficient memory error message every time I tried MVA.
I increased memory allocation using SET WORKSPACE; I reduced the number of
variables in the analysis; and I closed most other programs. None of these
seemed to help.

Any suggestions?

Thank you.

Mesfin

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[Reutter, Alex]

Send your MVA syntax to the list.

Alex

-----Original Message-----
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Mesfin Mulatu
Sent: Wednesday, June 18, 2008 9:54 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: MVA and Insufficient Memory

Hello All,

I am trying to run a missing values analysis in SPSS 14, with a P4 machine
and 3 GB memory. My data file is large (about 15,000 records).

I keep getting an insufficient memory error message every time I tried MVA.
I increased memory allocation using SET WORKSPACE; I reduced the number of
variables in the analysis; and I closed most other programs. None of these
seemed to help.

Any suggestions?

Thank you.

Mesfin

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