Posted by
Stan Gorodenski on
Nov 15, 2019; 3:36pm
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/Roots-tp5738554p5738557.html
Thanks. I did not know this paragraph existed. However, all it did was
tell me that SPSS cannot carry out the compute, which I already knew,
but not why. All the domain errors they list, I believe, except
(-1)**(1/3) and a number too large to be represented in the computer,
are not mathematically defined and so I would not expect SPSS to be able
to carry out a calculation. However, (-1)**(1/3) is mathematically
defined. I tried this on my HP 35s hand calculator and it came up with
an error. This did not seem unreasonable because this is an inexpensive
calculating machine. I then went to SPSS, a more advanced software, and
discovered SPSS cannot do it either. Does anyone know why? Is it not
possible with the language upon which SPSS is based? I wonder if SAS can
do it. Does anyone know?
Stan
On 11/15/2019 2:12 AM, Kirill Orlov wrote:
> See DOMAIN ERRORS paragraph in Command Syntax Reference.
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> 15.11.2019 4:53, Stan Gorodenski пишет:
>> compute z = (-1)**(1/3).
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