Weighting in SPSS 17.0

[RichardBridger]

Hi,

I’ve recently had to upgrade to a new hard drive and from SPSS 15 to SPSS 17.  In SPSS 15 I could RIM weight by doing the following:

 

Download Python 2.4 from www.python.org  (Be careful not to get 2.5)
The rest are from SPSS Developer Central (www.spss.com/devcentral)
Python plug-in for SPSS 15.0.1
supplemental modules:
spssaux.py, spssdata.py, namedtuple.py, rake.py

You can just save the supplemental modules to the python24\lib\site-packages directory assuming you do the default Python install.

 

Are these instructions still valid for SPSS 17 or do I need to download updated versions / different things?

Regards,

Richard

[Jon K Peck]

You need to get the plugin for your version of SPSS.  That works with Python 2.5, so you will also need to download the rake materials again.  However, the plugin installer will install the modules listed below except for rake.py itself.

You might want to take advantage of improvements in SPSS and use the SPSSINC RAKE extension command instead of the rake.py module.  That extension can be downloaded from Developer Central.  It includes standard SPSS syntax for raking and a dialog box that generates the command.  If you go that route, you don't need to get rake.py as that code is integrated into the extension command.  Installation instructions for SPSSINC RAKE are in the readme file in the download package.

HTH,

Jon Peck
Senior Software Engineer, IBM
[hidden email]
312-651-3435



From:        Richard Bridger <[hidden email]>
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Date:        10/11/2010 05:33 AM
Subject:        [SPSSX-L] Weighting in SPSS 17.0
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Hi,
I’ve recently had to upgrade to a new hard drive and from SPSS 15 to SPSS 17.  In SPSS 15 I could RIM weight by doing the following:
 
Download Python 2.4 from www.python.org  (Be careful not to get 2.5)
The rest are from SPSS Developer Central (www.spss.com/devcentral)
Python plug-in for SPSS 15.0.1
supplemental modules:
spssaux.py, spssdata.py, namedtuple.py, rake.py

You can just save the supplemental modules to the python24\lib\site-packages directory assuming you do the default Python install.
 
Are these instructions still valid for SPSS 17 or do I need to download updated versions / different things?
Regards,
Richard