Which SPSS 15 Procedure?

[MaxJasper]

Hello all,
 
Could you please suggest which SPSS 15 method should be used for these data:
http://biosun1.harvard.edu/~fitzmaur/ala/melanoma.txt
 
Thanks,
Max.
 
 
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[Albert-Jan Roskam]

Hi all,

I'm using SPSS v14 here and it seems that there's a
bug in CTRL-F. Even when I activate the right sps-file
the editor still doesn't detect words that are
definitely there. Kinda annoying. Is this a (known)
bug? Is there a patch?

And I also have a suggestion (unrelated to the
previous point). I'd really appreciate a SHOW TIME and
a SHOW DATETIME command. It gives useful info about
the duration of various steps of (time-consuming)
syntaxes. Now I use e.g. SHOW N, double-click on
'notes' and get the info I want, but a special command
would be nicer.

Cheers!!
Albert-Jan

Cheers!
Albert-Jan

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[Matthew Reeder]

Point 1 is well known. Not sure if there is a patch. I hit this frequently in 14, as well. I just copy my syntax to a txt file and work from there usually.



  Matt

Albert-jan Roskam <[hidden email]> wrote:
  Hi all,

I'm using SPSS v14 here and it seems that there's a
bug in CTRL-F. Even when I activate the right sps-file
the editor still doesn't detect words that are
definitely there. Kinda annoying. Is this a (known)
bug? Is there a patch?

And I also have a suggestion (unrelated to the
previous point). I'd really appreciate a SHOW TIME and
a SHOW DATETIME command. It gives useful info about
the duration of various steps of (time-consuming)
syntaxes. Now I use e.g. SHOW N, double-click on
'notes' and get the info I want, but a special command
would be nicer.

Cheers!!
Albert-Jan

Cheers!
Albert-Jan

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[Lacay, Phebe]

Hi all,

If I have a BIRTHDATE in this format 16-NOV-1980 00:00:00
How do I extract the year into a different variable?

Thanks,
Phebe

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[Mahbub Khandoker]

Hi Phebe,

Try this,

COMPUTE Year = XDATE.YEAR(BIRTHDATE) .
EXECUTE .

Thanks,
Mahbub

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Subject:             extract year from date

Hi all,

If I have a BIRTHDATE in this format 16-NOV-1980 00:00:00
How do I extract the year into a different variable?

Thanks,
Phebe

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[Florio Arguillas]

Hi Albert,

This is the reply I sent late September when a similar question was
asked.   I found this at SPSS Tech Support.   It is a known bug.  A
workaround and a solution is offered below.

Best regards,

Florio


Resolution number: 61827  Created on: Dec 21 2005  Last Reviewed on:
Jun 17 2007

Problem Subject:  Trouble with the Find/Replace function in SPSS 14.0
Syntax Editor

Problem Description:  I'm using SPSS 14.0 for Windows and I'm having
trouble with the Find/Replace function in the Syntax Editor. The one
thing that I can consistently replicate is that a string that starts
in the first character of the first line of a syntax file seems to be
invisible to the Find dialog box.

For instance, I have a syntax file that starts with a GET FILE
command in that first position, first line -- and that's the only
appearance of "get" in the file. If I try to Find (i.e., Edit->Find,
or clicking the Binoculars in the toolbar) the string "get" the
application responds with a "Not Found" message. If I then put either
a single extra space or an extra line before the GET FILE command,
then the Find function can find the "get" string. This problem is
replicable -- it happens every single time, in 14.0.1 as well.

What's wrong?

Resolution Subject: This appears to be a defect

Resolution Description:
This is a defect and has been fixed in SPSS 15.0 for Windows. As a
workaround if you have extended Find/Replaces to do as part of your
editing, you could select all the text in your syntax file, and
copy/paste to a simple text editor, such as NotePad or Programmer's
File Editor. Perform your editing and then copy/paste your edited
code back to the SPSS Syntax Editor and save.

There have been other reported issues with the Find feature in SPSS
14.0 and 15.0 that we have not been able to consistently replicate,
and thus cannot be certain have been fixed along with the other
replicable issues. One example involves a file with over 50 instances
of a particular string, but sporadically the Find/Replace dialog can
only "see" the first instance -- clicking Find Next in the dialog box
does not advance the cursor to the next instance. So far SPSS
Development has not been able to replicate this issue in a controlled
environment, but user reports indicate that closing and re-opening
the syntax file does seem to "re-set" the Find dialog's
functionality. SPSS 16.0 for Windows will use a new syntax editor and
all Find/Replace functionality should work as expected in that release.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Product(s) Affected:
Product Version
SPSS 15.0.1
SPSS 14.0.1
SPSS 14.0

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At 09:58 AM 10/23/2007, Albert-jan Roskam wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I'm using SPSS v14 here and it seems that there's a
>bug in CTRL-F. Even when I activate the right sps-file
>the editor still doesn't detect words that are
>definitely there. Kinda annoying. Is this a (known)
>bug? Is there a patch?
>
>And I also have a suggestion (unrelated to the
>previous point). I'd really appreciate a SHOW TIME and
>a SHOW DATETIME command. It gives useful info about
>the duration of various steps of (time-consuming)
>syntaxes. Now I use e.g. SHOW N, double-click on
>'notes' and get the info I want, but a special command
>would be nicer.
>
>Cheers!!
>Albert-Jan
>
>Cheers!
>Albert-Jan
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Did you know that 87.166253% of all statistics claim a precision of
>results that is not justified by the method employed? [HELMUT RICHTER]
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>
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[ViAnn Beadle]

Processor and elapsed time are shown in the Notes table.

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Matthew Reeder
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 8:02 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: (1) Ctrl-F bug ? (2) Suggest: SHOW TIME

Point 1 is well known. Not sure if there is a patch. I hit this frequently
in 14, as well. I just copy my syntax to a txt file and work from there
usually.



  Matt

Albert-jan Roskam <[hidden email]> wrote:
  Hi all,

I'm using SPSS v14 here and it seems that there's a
bug in CTRL-F. Even when I activate the right sps-file
the editor still doesn't detect words that are
definitely there. Kinda annoying. Is this a (known)
bug? Is there a patch?

And I also have a suggestion (unrelated to the
previous point). I'd really appreciate a SHOW TIME and
a SHOW DATETIME command. It gives useful info about
the duration of various steps of (time-consuming)
syntaxes. Now I use e.g. SHOW N, double-click on
'notes' and get the info I want, but a special command
would be nicer.

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[Marks, Jim]

COMPUTE birth_year = XDATE>YEAR(birthdate).

Works if the variable BIRTHDATE is a datetime variable.
--jim



-----Original Message-----
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of
Lacay, Phebe
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 9:31 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: extract year from date

Hi all,

If I have a BIRTHDATE in this format 16-NOV-1980 00:00:00 How do I
extract the year into a different variable?

Thanks,
Phebe

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[Peck, Jon]

You can use SHOW $VARS to get a small table that includes the current date and time as well as a few other things.  That is the current time, not the processor time in the Notes table, but it might serve as well or better for figuring the time for a batch of syntax.


-----Original Message-----
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Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 8:58 AM
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Subject: [SPSSX-L] (1) Ctrl-F bug ? (2) Suggest: SHOW TIME

Hi all,
[>>>Peck, Jon] [snip]

And I also have a suggestion (unrelated to the
previous point). I'd really appreciate a SHOW TIME and
a SHOW DATETIME command. It gives useful info about
the duration of various steps of (time-consuming)
syntaxes. Now I use e.g. SHOW N, double-click on
'notes' and get the info I want, but a special command
would be nicer.

Cheers!!
Albert-Jan

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[Oliver, Richard]

Minor correction: XDATE.YEAR

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Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 9:47 AM
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Subject: Re: extract year from date

COMPUTE birth_year = XDATE>YEAR(birthdate).

Works if the variable BIRTHDATE is a datetime variable.
--jim



-----Original Message-----
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Lacay, Phebe
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 9:31 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: extract year from date

Hi all,

If I have a BIRTHDATE in this format 16-NOV-1980 00:00:00 How do I
extract the year into a different variable?

Thanks,
Phebe

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[Carlos Renato dos Santos]

What the variable format? String, Date? each situation have your aproach to
solve.

Carlos Renato
Statistician

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[Marks, Jim]

Thx--

I was trying to use UPPERCASE for the function, and didn't unshift for
the '.'

typos are the bane of my existance :~)

--jim

-----Original Message-----
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Oliver, Richard
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 10:01 AM
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Subject: Re: extract year from date

Minor correction: XDATE.YEAR

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Marks, Jim
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 9:47 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Re: extract year from date

COMPUTE birth_year = XDATE>YEAR(birthdate).

Works if the variable BIRTHDATE is a datetime variable.
--jim



-----Original Message-----
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of
Lacay, Phebe
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2007 9:31 AM
To: [hidden email]
Subject: extract year from date

Hi all,

If I have a BIRTHDATE in this format 16-NOV-1980 00:00:00 How do I
extract the year into a different variable?

Thanks,
Phebe

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