Keep your variable recoding lists separate.
If I understand your problem correctly, the simplest solution in syntax (much
superior to menus) would be:
do repeat
x = <vara1, vara3 or whatever>
y = <varb1, varb3 or whatever>.
compute x =
8-x.
compute y =
6-y.
end
repeat.
compute is easier than using recode in this example. You have to
supply the variable lists, but you can use TO in the arguments if the variables are
contiguous in the file. The above counts as a transformation so nothing
willl happen until you run a statistical procedure, otherwise use an
execute. command
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, March 05, 2010 6:22
PM
Subject: Pretty Basic question
Hey guys, i'm having an issue with recoding on spss
17.
its questionairre data with likert scales which are measured
differently,
for example a few have values 1-7 whilst others have values
1-5. When i
select the first few columns which i want to recode i.e. 7 to 1
and so forth
this is fine, however when i then go back onto the `recode
into a different
variable tab` and select the next lot of variables that i
need to recode 5
to 1 for example, this effects all other previously
recoded items. Other
times it will also not let me insert new
values.
I was wondering if i had to split my data before i recoded it
or whether i
was making a simple mistake. Thanks
alot.
Dean
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