* Create a new variable containing the mean of another variable. * Ray 2003/06/17. GET FILE='c:\\program files\\spss\\employee data.sav'. SORT CASES BY educ. COMPUTE nobreak=1. AGGREGATE OUTFILE='c:\\temp\\temp.sav' /PRESORTED /BREAK=nobreak /avgeduc=MEAN(educ). MATCH FILES FILE=* /TABLE='c:\\temp\\temp.sav' /BY=nobreak. * want mean educ within each jobcat. GET FILE='c:\\program files\\spss\\employee data.sav'. SORT CASES BY jobcat. AGGREGATE OUTFILE='c:\\temp\\temp.sav' /PRESORTED /BREAK=jobcat /avgeduc=MEAN(educ). MATCH FILES FILE=* /TABLE='c:\\temp\\temp.sav' /BY=jobcat.