Math Forum / Math Software / SPSS / September 2004

I wish to copy one line of output from a discriminant function
analysis and paste it into XL.  My first step is to figure out
how to copy this one line of output.
When running a DFA I get a table called classification results.

when i want to connect to mysql with spss 12 with the mysql odbc driver,
spss is crashing. can i connect to mysql? how it is possible?
thanks very much
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I am having a tough time getting a syntax to work. what I have is a
database of birth and death in a large one county area. I need to
figure a "rate" (deaths per 1,000 births) for this database.
Informtion that needs to be queried is this:

  I have 2 variables and a computed variable in the data editor. When I add
new cases to the sheet, the computed variable column does not produce the
desired output but merely displays a dot. what is going on ?
Please kindly answer my query. Thanks.

I am trying to read a large ASCII file (binary data, 10,001*10,001)
into SPSS 11.5.
the syntax I used is so:
   DATA LIST FILE='C:\hagai files\My Documents\PhD\Hagai_1.txt'

I have a number of binary explanatories (dummy variables) in some
logistical (Nominal Regression pick) regressions, and I get unexpected
displays such as the following parameter estimates. The variable
EMPLOYEE was entered as a "factor".

Hi! I´m writing my thesis about intelligence structure and try to
perform a second order factor analysis with SPSS. As far as I found
out it is possible to read in the factor loading matrix of the first
analysis and perform the second one adding /MATRIX=IN (FAC=*) for the

SPSS tech support says SPSS v12 has problems wokring under WinXP Pro SP2.
Has anyone tried running SP2?  The U. of Texas reports this:
"SAS/SPSS
Some problems have been reported with applications such as SAS and SPSS.

Hey Folks,
I've been trying to program some logic to score some data that I have.
The structure of the data invovles multiple records for each unique case.
The multiple records within each case are sorted such that the first record

I need to write some syntax that depends on the row number, e.g.,
a for loop that for each row checks various contingencies and will
set the value of a variable on that row to some value. It has to
go row by row.

I am wondering if wilcoxon test is too sensitive to a
particular type of data. My case is presented below. I wonder if
anyone help me to solve my puzzle (i have to say i am not an expert in
statistics).

This seems to be an easy question, but i'm stuck anyhow.
I like to have data in the following form
person_ID    date    measurement_ID    value_a    value_b     etc
1            1.1.01    1                20        30

Fellow Nerds,
I can't get this to work, and its doing my head in. Please help!
I have defined 2 macros which spit out strings.
Now I would like to concatenate these two strings.

This is so basic- but I cannot find how to select which category to use
as the reference (aka baseline or contrast) group in my 6 category
multinomial regressions.
The program defaults to using a category that I would prefer not to use.

Did anyone else get the email from "proactive@spss.com" announcing
a patch?  The email looks relatively legit, but I'm a bit suspicious.
Regards,