Re: SPSS error: regression coefficient/standard error does not fit with significance level

Posted by Bruce Weaver on Feb 17, 2013; 8:09pm
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/SPSS-error-regression-coefficient-standard-error-does-not-fit-with-significance-level-tp5718081p5718109.html

Does "transferred to Excel" mean exported to Excel?  (That could be done for older versions of SPSS using a basic script.)  I ask, because if there were manual steps involved in transferring results to Excel, errors could easily have occurred.  If it was truly "exported", it would be useful for others to see the output.  As Rich noted, one can attach files when posting to this list via Nabble.   If you don't use Nabble, you could send me the file (using the e-mail address in my sig file below), and I'll upload it.

HTH.

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Unfortunately, the SPSS output is not available anymore. The results have been transferred to Excel, and the Excel sheet this is the only thing that I have.

I can basically exclude any misreading of the output. The problems occured on one computer, but with multiple versions of SPSS on that computer. If you have any further ideas concerning the origin of the errors, it would be most appreciated!

By the way, is there any public list of errors of different SPSS versions?

Rich Ulrich-2 wrote

I certainly agree that those values are inconsistent.  That kind of
problem - which you report as coming from multiple machines -
certainly would have been noticed an immediately fixed, and not,
I think, without some notoriety.   No one has jumped in with an
explanation here.

I was following SPSS on the Usenet group and not the List a few
years ago,  and I don't remember it from there, either.

So - the likely explanation is what I have discovered a few times
in my experience as consultant:  The printout is being mis-read.
Either (a) that standard error does not go with that statistic, or (b) that
p-value is not a p-value or (c) that p-value is not the value for that test.
(How sure are you?)

Assuming that the problem is noted on a printout, the easiest solution
is to find your own nearby expert to consult.  Sometimes, a non-expert
can help, just by providing new and critical eyes.  Otherwise, you might
scan the listing and upload it to somewhere that the rest of us can see
it.   Nabble?

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Rich Ulrich