At 12:00 PM 9/22/2008, Mario Giesel wrote:
> Hello all, are there any recommendable sources
> for MATRIX language? The command syntax
> reference is a bit short of examples. Any resources are welcome :-)
Unfortunately, there aren't any more sources, at least, none than I'm
aware of. I use the Command Syntax Reference, plus a lot of T&E (Trial
and Error). I keep a collection of small pieces of code, like a sorting
algorithm that Jon Peck and Richard Ristow developed time ago (very
useful), or a method I wrote for computing factorial numbers using
logarithms. If you want to squeeze all the potential of MATRIX, then you
should read a good tutorial on matrix algebra, and have some background
in maths and basic statistics. Also, some knowledge in programming with
BASIC or PASCAL helps (I had both). To improve the reporting of the
results (MATRIX isn't really up to that task), I export data to SPSS
datasets (using DATASET DECLARE, DATASET ACTIVATE...) and use REPORT to
present cute pivot tables with output. You can find some examples of
MATRIX programs I have written at
http://gjyp.nl/marta/ .
Welcome to the dark side of the force ;)
Marta García-Granero
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