Greetings!
I am having difficulty with the Update command syntax and am hoping someone can show me the error of my ways. I am trying to update a file with values from a separate file.
Below is the syntax:
match files
file = '/Users/Professional/Desktop/Final.05.21.2021/Processed Data Files'
+ '/06.13.2021_master.sav'
/table = '/Users/Professional/Desktop/Final.05.21.2021/Processed Data Files'
+ '/06.13.2021_all imputed table.sav'
/by imputation_ id
/map.
execute.
The map output indicates the command was “successful” – showing which file contributed the final values in the resultant matched file. Yet, when I do a file compare and
run descriptives on the resultant file, it only has the values from the master file, none of which were updated or replaced by the data in the table. I have checked both of these files and there are no problems with them individually. The syntax looks correct,
and SPSS tells me it was successful, yet it doesn’t work. Just in case there is some funky syntax error, I have also done this from the pull-down menus with the same result. I am temporarily stumped and cannot go any further on this project withour resolving
this issue.
I am running v27 on an iMac using Big Sur 11.4. Any insight and help would be appreciated. I am happy to send the syntax and output files to interested parties. Thank you
very much!
Harley
Dr. Harley Baker
Professor Emeritus of Psychology
California State University Channel Islands
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