Re: Error with descriptive statistics?

Posted by Rich Ulrich on Apr 12, 2013; 11:56pm
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/Error-with-descriptive-statistics-tp5719435p5719441.html

Decades ago, that was an immediate indicator that you wrote the Format
wrong and you were reading the wrong columns (possibly) for everything.
 - If you are using imported data, something like that could be the problem.

Since SPSS is going to count correctly, "wrong counts" still means that you are
looking at the wrong variable.  Or the wrong data file.  Or you've forgotten
some transformations being done.

In recent years, I sometimes lost track and needed to find the right variable
with a similar name.

--
Rich Ulrich

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Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2013 22:18:19 +0000
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Subject: Error with descriptive statistics?
To: [hidden email]

Hi there,

 

I am running frequencies in descriptive statistics in SPSS 21 and the results are wrong. That is, it reports inaccurate counts of each response type to a survey question in the output table. Has anyone else experienced this? Your guidance on what I may be doing wrong would be greatly appreciated!

 

Thanks,

Michelle

 

Michelle Zeidman

Transit Program Operations Specialist  | UW Transportation Services

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