Selecting ranges of autorecoded values for basis of a new variable

[Dr. Jeffrey D. Leitzel]

Greetings SPSSers,
I am dealing with an incredibly messy data file with lots of string
variables that need to be transformed into a useful format.
I have hit a bit of a problem in some data transformations. I have a
variable in a dataset that was entered as a string, where information about
previous psychiatric hospitalization was written in. I am trying to reduce
it to a 0=no, 1=yes, and 2=unknown variable.
I autorecoded the text variable and ended up with 416 distinct values which
are mostly unique misspellings and abbreviations of a few main types of
appropriate responses. I went through and generated a listing of the
autorecoded values that belong in each category.
Where I am having trouble is now moving from the auto recoded values to the
3 level variable
The piece of code I can't get to work is:
Do If any(hosprec,1-3,7,9,10-103,105-219,221-275,284,285,289-306,309-315,
       319-341,383-394,396,400-405,407-416)=1.
compute prevhosp=1.

This is inserting the 1 in prevhosp only for those cases with hosprec values
of 7,9,284,285 and maybe a couple others. IT seems to be ignoring the
intended ranges of values. I tried using both "to" and "thru" in place of
the "-" for the ranges and doing that resulted in spss putting a 1 in
prevhosp for evey case in the data file.

Any insights into what I am doing wrong will be greatly appreciated.
Best, Jeff

Jeffrey D. Leitzel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Office: McCormick 2123
Bloomsburg University
400 East Second Street
Bloomsburg, PA  17815
Office Phone:[phone],fax:[phone]
Alt. Office (T & Th): 570 348-6100 ext:3216

[Melissa Ives]

Seems to me that you now just want to 'regular' recode your auto-recoded
values.

Recode hosprec (1-3,7,9,10-103,105-219,221-275,284,285,289-306,309-315,
       319-341,383-394,396,400-405,407-416=1)(4-6,...=0)(else=2) into
prevhosp.

Or am I missing something?

Melissa

-----Original Message-----
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Dr. Jeffrey D. Leitzel
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 3:11 PM
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Subject: [SPSSX-L] Selecting ranges of autorecoded values for basis of a
new variable

Greetings SPSSers,
I am dealing with an incredibly messy data file with lots of string
variables that need to be transformed into a useful format.
I have hit a bit of a problem in some data transformations. I have a
variable in a dataset that was entered as a string, where information
about previous psychiatric hospitalization was written in. I am trying
to reduce it to a 0=no, 1=yes, and 2=unknown variable.
I autorecoded the text variable and ended up with 416 distinct values
which are mostly unique misspellings and abbreviations of a few main
types of appropriate responses. I went through and generated a listing
of the autorecoded values that belong in each category.
Where I am having trouble is now moving from the auto recoded values to
the
3 level variable
The piece of code I can't get to work is:
Do If
any(hosprec,1-3,7,9,10-103,105-219,221-275,284,285,289-306,309-315,
       319-341,383-394,396,400-405,407-416)=1.
compute prevhosp=1.

This is inserting the 1 in prevhosp only for those cases with hosprec
values of 7,9,284,285 and maybe a couple others. IT seems to be ignoring
the intended ranges of values. I tried using both "to" and "thru" in
place of the "-" for the ranges and doing that resulted in spss putting
a 1 in prevhosp for evey case in the data file.

Any insights into what I am doing wrong will be greatly appreciated.
Best, Jeff

Jeffrey D. Leitzel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Office: McCormick 2123
Bloomsburg University
400 East Second Street
Bloomsburg, PA  17815
Office Phone:[phone],fax:[phone]
Alt. Office (T & Th): 570 348-6100 ext:3216



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[Beadle, ViAnn]

No ranges are allowed for any. You could use the range function but you don't have ranges but mixes of discrete values and ranges so you would end with lists like 3,3,7,7, etc. Use recode instead

* initialize prevhosp.
COMPUTE prevhosp =0.
RECODE hosprec (1 thru 3, 7, 9, 10 thru 103 etc. = 1) into prevhosp.

-----Original Message-----
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Dr. Jeffrey D. Leitzel
Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2006 3:11 PM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Selecting ranges of autorecoded values for basis of a new variable

Greetings SPSSers,
I am dealing with an incredibly messy data file with lots of string
variables that need to be transformed into a useful format.
I have hit a bit of a problem in some data transformations. I have a
variable in a dataset that was entered as a string, where information about
previous psychiatric hospitalization was written in. I am trying to reduce
it to a 0=no, 1=yes, and 2=unknown variable.
I autorecoded the text variable and ended up with 416 distinct values which
are mostly unique misspellings and abbreviations of a few main types of
appropriate responses. I went through and generated a listing of the
autorecoded values that belong in each category.
Where I am having trouble is now moving from the auto recoded values to the
3 level variable
The piece of code I can't get to work is:
Do If any(hosprec,1-3,7,9,10-103,105-219,221-275,284,285,289-306,309-315,
       319-341,383-394,396,400-405,407-416)=1.
compute prevhosp=1.

This is inserting the 1 in prevhosp only for those cases with hosprec values
of 7,9,284,285 and maybe a couple others. IT seems to be ignoring the
intended ranges of values. I tried using both "to" and "thru" in place of
the "-" for the ranges and doing that resulted in spss putting a 1 in
prevhosp for evey case in the data file.

Any insights into what I am doing wrong will be greatly appreciated.
Best, Jeff

Jeffrey D. Leitzel, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Office: McCormick 2123
Bloomsburg University
400 East Second Street
Bloomsburg, PA  17815
Office Phone:[phone],fax:[phone]
Alt. Office (T & Th): 570 348-6100 ext:3216