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Sample SPSS Syntax

Online SPSS Tutorials

1. Area Under the Curve
2. Batch Files
3. Block Designs
4. Bootstrap and random numbers
5. Charts and Tables
6. Cluster Analysis
7. Combinations, Permutations, Interactions
8. Compute
9. Concatenate/modify string variables
10. Data Editor
11. DataValidation
12. Dates and Time
13. Distributions, Confidence Interval
14. Export Import
15. Factor Analysis
16. Flag or Select Cases
17. IGRAPH
18. Item Analysis
19. Labels, Variable Names and Format
20. Matching data files
21. Matrix
22. Meta Analysis
23. Multiple responses
24. Outliers
25. Parse or Flag Data
26. Random Sampling
27. Ranking, Largest values, Sorting, Grouping
28. Read Write or Create data
29. Regression, Repeated Measures
30. Remove Characters, Duplicates or Variables
31. Restructure File
32. ROC curves
33. Sample Size and Power
34. Self Adjusting Syntax
35. Strings
36. Tests of Inequality
37. Test if file or variable Exists
38. Transform variable
39. T-Test
40. Unclassified
41. Working With Many Files
42. Working With Missing Values

1. Resources to Help you Learn and Use SPSS
2. Statnotes: An Online Textbook
3. See the Tutorial page for a complete list

Specialized Tutorials

1. Practical Analysis of Nutritional
2. Statistics on Likert Scale Surveys
3. Statnotes: An Online Textbook
4. See the Tutorial page for a complete list

Other Sources of SPSS syntax and scripts 

Learning SPSS Syntax

General Learning Resources

1. Books
2. Key Items
3. Mailing List

Syntax Tutorials

1. Converting string into number
2. Dates, Time and Age Tutorial
3. String Manipulation

Standard Data Files

This page is dedicated to SPSS syntax to work with publicly available data files 

1. Bureau of Labor Statistics (USA)

Debugging Syntax

1. Common errors and possible solutions
   1. This line of code does not work!
   2. My syntax works on a stand alone basis but fails when called via INCLUDE
   3. My DO IF ... ELSE ...END IF does not give the correct results!
   4. My vectors keep "disappearing"
   5. My SELECT IF does not select the correct cases!
   6. See the Debugging page for a complete listing

Sample Macros

Macro Tutorials

1. Macro variables
2. Self adjusting macros
3. Unclassified
4. Utilities

Tip: Search for !ENDDEFINE to find all macros in this site (there are more than 140 macros)

1. The Basics
2. Macros and the command Terminator
3. Just (!) A String Parser
4. Fully Commented Example of a Macro
5. Replacing a character in many string variables
6. Modify a macro to handle many variables
7. Doing arithmetic with macro variables
8. Another fully commented macro
   

Debugging Macros

1. Introduction
2. Common errors
3. Things to watch for

Sample Scripts

Learning Scripts

1. Introduction
2. Index of Sample Scripts
   1. Autoscripts
   2. Data Document
   3. Dialogs
   4. Distributions
   5. IGRAPH
   6. Import Export
   7. Labels
   8. Long Variable Names
   9. Output Format
   10. Output Document
   11. Printing
   12. Pivot Tables
   13. Syntax Doc 
   14. Transform Data
   15. Utilities
   16. Working With Many Files
3. Sample Scripts
4. VB Programs

1. Introduction
2. Resources
3. How to go about learning Scripts?

The asynchronous problem

1. Description of files used
2. Illustration of the problem
3. Possible work around

Python

1. Self adjusting code
   

SPSS Tips

Newbie's Corner

1. Safeguard the initial data file!
2. Syntax 1, syntax 2, syntax 3...
3. My Syntax Window Toolbar
4. Changing data folder each month?
5. How to ask data transformation or automation question?
6. When to use EXECUTE.
7. About INCLUDE files
8. How can I apply variable labels and value labels of my old sav file to my new sav file ?
9. Multi-line comments

1. Which type of Output Window should I use?
2. Keep the log!
3. How do I start learning syntax?
4. What does DATA LIST LIST /a b c mean?
5. Pending Transformation
6. How come nobody answered my question?
7. Netiquette
   1. Do  Do  Do
   2. Don't  Don't  Don't
8. Somebody posted a macro but I do not know how to use it
9. Why can't I just use Excel to do my statistical analysis?

Links

Feedback

1. Suggest an SPSS Related Site
2. Some Links

   Sites with a have a link to Raynald's SPSS Tools!

3. Links to Programs
4. Useful Usenet groups
5. Free Services I use in this site

1. Send me an email at raynaldATspsstools.net

Links to Consultants 

Most of these make use of SPSS

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