FW: Retrieving original variable sequence

Posted by John F Hall on May 24, 2013; 3:52pm
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/FW-Retrieving-original-variable-sequence-tp5720404.html

John

 

Knew I’d seen something like this recently.  Many thanks.  All I need now is the original questionnaire!

 

John

 

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From: Lemon, John [[hidden email]]
Sent: 24 May 2013 15:54
To: John F Hall
Subject: RE: Retrieving original variable sequence

 

John

 

I assume you looked at the obvious in ‘Edit’ – ‘Options’ that specifies the order of the variables in the file:

 

 

 

Alternatively using syntax you could save the file to a new location with the KEEP = option with the variables in the order you want.

 

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From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [[hidden email]] On Behalf Of John F Hall
Sent: 24 May 2013 14:41
To: [hidden email]
Subject: Retrieving original varaible sequence

 

Pure laziness on my part, but I’ve downloaded the *.sav file for the NORC GSS 2008.  The variables are in alphabetical order: is there a way to return them to the original questionnaire order?  That way, if I have the questionnaire in front of me I can use it as documentation etc.

 

 

John F Hall (Mr)

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