Novice user inquiry

[Hedges, Tiffany]

Hello! I am new to this group and am looking for some friendly support.
I have a specific task I am trying to figure involving frequencies. I
appreciate any advice!

 

Set up:

We have a data set that includes responses to an intake form. All data
is usable in SPSS (using version 16.0).

 

For the purposes of this task:

We have three variables (reason_1, reason_2, and reason_3) that indicate
to our staff why the student came to the office. Each reason is coded
1-28, each representing a specific issue. If student A had three issues
reason_1 is coded with the first issue, reason_2 the second, and so on.

 

Question:

I want to determine the frequencies of each issue, combined in one
frequency table.

 

Problem:

I do not know how to get SPSS to look in each of the three columns
(variables) to pull a total. I've tried to combine all three into one
new variable with no success.

 

Any help?

 

Thanks,

Tiffany

 

Tiffany L. Hedges  |  Assistant Director

 

Student Success Center ~ Volunteer

The University of Tennessee

812 Volunteer Boulevard

Knoxville, Tennessee  37996-4226

 

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http://studentsuccess.tennessee.edu
<http://studentsuccess.tennessee.edu/>

 

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[ViAnn Beadle]

This is a classical multiple response setup. Look in the help for multiple
response. You can define a multiple response group and tabulate with Tables
or the Chart Builder. If you don't have the Tables option, you can still
tabulate it with the very old MULT RESPONSE command (syntax only).

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Subject: Novice user inquiry

Hello! I am new to this group and am looking for some friendly support.
I have a specific task I am trying to figure involving frequencies. I
appreciate any advice!



Set up:

We have a data set that includes responses to an intake form. All data
is usable in SPSS (using version 16.0).



For the purposes of this task:

We have three variables (reason_1, reason_2, and reason_3) that indicate
to our staff why the student came to the office. Each reason is coded
1-28, each representing a specific issue. If student A had three issues
reason_1 is coded with the first issue, reason_2 the second, and so on.



Question:

I want to determine the frequencies of each issue, combined in one
frequency table.



Problem:

I do not know how to get SPSS to look in each of the three columns
(variables) to pull a total. I've tried to combine all three into one
new variable with no success.



Any help?



Thanks,

Tiffany



Tiffany L. Hedges  |  Assistant Director



Student Success Center ~ Volunteer

The University of Tennessee

812 Volunteer Boulevard

Knoxville, Tennessee  37996-4226



phone   [phone]

fax        [phone]

email    [hidden email] <mailto:[hidden email]>



http://studentsuccess.tennessee.edu
<http://studentsuccess.tennessee.edu/>



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