The message I haven't been able to send for a day...

[Marta García-Granero]

I'm writing this message from scratch, since, with no apparent reason,
the message doesn't reach the SPSS list (my mail server says the
message has been sent OK, no error nor rejection message comes from
the list...)

It was a reply to a message by Gary Oliver, called "Graphing Multiple
Variables using the one command". Since it is still unreplied by other
listers, I'm going to give it a second try:

Hi Gary

Wednesday, December 13, 2006, 6:56:15 AM, You wrote:

GO> I am checking some of the variables in my correlation data to get a
GO> graph of the percentage of responses at each of the seven items on a
GO> Likert scale. I am using the following command:
GO> GRAPH
GO>   /BAR(SIMPLE)=PCT BY <NAME OF VARIABLE> .
GO> In this syntax I have to run the command for each variable separately.
GO> Is there a way of including all the variable names in the one command or
GO> must I have a separate command syntax for each variable.

Is this what you want?

DEFINE !GRAPHIT(!POS=!CMDEND).
!DO !I !IN (!1).
. GRAPH /BAR(SIMPLE)=PCT BY !I.
!DOEND.
!ENDDEFINE.

* Example of MACRO call *.
GET FILE='C:\Program Files\SPSS15\1991 U.S. General Social Survey.sav'.

!GRAPHIT race region happy.

Marta (still mystified)

[Marta García-Granero]

Hi

GO> Thanks for msg. I have been unsuccessful substituting
GO> variables and runnning it. After waiting a while I have a message
GO> that 1.8 million something were happening so I terminated it. I
GO> will just go back to eyeballing the frequencies. Thanks for your
GO> suggestion I need training in advanced syntax!

I'm surprised the macro didn't work (I tried it before sending the
message). Can you give more information on your variables (names,
sample sizes), the exact macro call you are using and the error message?

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Cute ASCII map!

>>>Wednesday, December 13, 2006, 6:56:15 AM, You wrote:
>>>
>>>I am checking some of the variables in my correlation data to get a
>>>graph of the percentage of responses at each of the seven items on
>>>a Likert scale. I am using the following command:

>>>GRAPH  /BAR(SIMPLE)=PCT BY <NAME OF VARIABLE> .

>>>In this syntax I have to run the command for each  variable
>>>separately. Is there a way of including all the variable names in
>>>the one command or must I have a separate command syntax for each
>>>variable.
>>>
>>>Is this what you want?
>>>
>>>DEFINE !GRAPHIT(!POS=!CMDEND).
>>>!DO !I !IN (!1).
>>>. GRAPH /BAR(SIMPLE)=PCT BY !I.
>>>!DOEND.
>>>!ENDDEFINE.
>>>
>>>* Example of MACRO call *.
>>>GET FILE='C:\Program Files\SPSS15\1991 U.S. General Social
>>>Survey.sav'.
>>>
>>>!GRAPHIT race region happy.

--
Regards,
Marta

[Gary Oliver]

Colleagues

I need some guidance on syntax that will create a matrix output with
along the top three groups (1-10, 11-20, 21-30) and down the left are
the values stratified (into less than one third, one third to two
thirds, more than two thirds). The groups along the top are a count of
the instances of the values for the cases. The values are standardised
decimals between 0 and 1. The My data comprises 30 rounds of data and
for each case I have a calculation for each case, for each round. In
terms of variables the the cases are numbered 001 to 369 and the values
from the experiment are obtained for each of the 30 rounds and are
labelled R1RESULT to R30RESULT. I assume there is a nested IF required
but I am stumped by both the IF syntax and the outut presentation. I
cannot find anything like this in the help or my v10 Syntax book.

TIA and Happy New Year/gary

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