Posted by
John F Hall on
Jan 22, 2014; 5:44pm
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/Calculating-total-scores-from-multiple-variables-tp5724066p5724073.html
OK, so you need:
File> New > syntax:
Then write:
count metneed = x to y (1)
/unmetneed = x to y (2).
format metneed unmetneed (f2.0)
freq metneed unmetneed.
As Gene says, be careful of missing values as SPSS assigns a score even if
one or more items in the source varlist are missing. What is your value 0?
To get round the missing values problem you can use:
count <newvar> = sum.25 (<varlist>)
. . but you'd need to be careful. If you post an example of data you'll get
more appropriate help.
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Maguin, Eugene
Sent: 22 January 2014 18:02
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Subject: Re: Calculating total scores from multiple variables
The count command is your very good friend for your purpose. Be very aware
of how missing data are processed by a count command, which is documented in
the FM.
-----Original Message-----
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:
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Green
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2014 2:29 AM
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Subject: Calculating total scores from multiple variables
Hello,
I'm hoping for some assistance with creating two variables (MetNeed and
UnmetNeed) which are derived form 25 other variables, for simplicity sake
called A-Y. The total score for MetNeed is a count of all values of 1,
while the total score for UnmetNeed is the count of all values of 2, from
the variables A-Y. For example, if case 1 has 15 1's, 9 2's and a 0,
MetNeed would have a value of 15 and UNmetNeed a value of 9.
Any assistance regarding how to calculate the totals scores from the
variables is appreciated .
Bob
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