On learning spss syntax, don't forget two easy ways to do it continually:
1. Use the Paste button after going through the menus. This puts the
syntax generated by the menus into a syntax editor. You can then
see how to do your analysis with syntax, modify the syntax to suit
revised analyses, and, maybe best of all, save it for a record of
what you did and for easy repeatability later (save syntax also
possible from the menus).
2. From the help menu, select "Command Syntax Reference." There also
is a tutorial and a selection called "Topics" that are useful.
There are a coulple of drawbacks of the Paste option. The formatting is not
pretty -- makes it a little awkward to read, and all (most) of the defaults are
pasted explicitly into the syntax, making it necessary to separate the "wheat
from the chaffe."
Larry Hotchkiss
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Dear list,
Can anyone please recommend texts, sites, et al. for learning syntax (i have
a basic level of familiarity with spss syntax and r programming). In advance
thank-you kindly for your time and any recommendations.
Leah Quinlivan BA MS.c. PhD Scholar
Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health Research
St. Vincents University Hospital
Elm Park
Dublin 4
Ireland
Phone: +353 1 2773354
Mobile: +353 87 9674719
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Larry Hotchkiss
University of Delaware
IT User Services -- Smith Hall
Newark, DE 19716
302-831-1989
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