Math Forum / Math Software / SPSS / June 2008

Is there a way to determine the P-value when doing trend analysis in
SPSS.  I'm not having a lot of success with this.
Thanks
Bill

i have gained some data. one row has 9 fields/koloms. i like to know
if one or more  of the first eight fields can predict the 9th.
how can spss 16 help me? what menu options i have to choose to import
the data and spss (16) can analyse the data?

I have a problem: I want to create a scatterplot of 3 variables (all numeric
with the same scale) and create a trend line of each variable.
How can I do this?

Hi group,
I wish to create a flag where all my variables Q1 to Q3 are equal to
3.
It is a questionnaire using a 5 point Likert scale and I wish to flag

SPSS 16 introduced Extension commands.  These are user-defined syntax
that is implemented in Python or R programs.  That allows you to use
the programs without knowing Python or R.  Once installed, they are
automatically available in SPSS.

I am attempting to create an SPSS macro that will allow me to carry
out the following steps:
1. import a series of .txt file into SPSS
- File names are as follows: rt00020.txt, rt00030.txt, rt00040.txt,

I have an intel iMac running 10.5.3 and a MacBook air running same.  I
stalled Graduate pk 16 + 2 patches (1 & 02). Whan I save a file .sav
or .port I cannot email that file (only working with small test files
because of the problem) as an attachment under any circumstances using

does anyone know how to acces the value labels of a specific variable
via python. I can acces the variable labels but not the value lables.
thanks,
rcd_flo

I have a problem using mixed models with SPSS.
I want to test the effect of three different kinds of therapy on
different patients:
- patients corresponds to the first level unit of analysis

I've got a dataset that shows frequencies for every case in one
variable ("freq"). And I'm trying to figure out how to compute a
variable that shows the percentage of each one case for the sum of all
cases (what is shown in the simple frequency table in the output as

Hi SPSS-Pros,
my task is very simple, still I can't figure out how to get it done...
I've got 1 string variable listing different names, and the names
appear several times.

just a new try...
does someone know an editor and a plugin to edit spss-sysntax an pass
it to spss16. We used TextPad (with the plugin written by Tom Dirkx)
in older versions of spss but our plugin doesn't work any longer. This

Hi list,
I'm trying to identify the date within a defined range when a
condition is met.
I have a defined range say:

I am using SPSS version 15.0 with the Tables module.  Does anyone know
if it is possible to have a confidence interval reported in the table,
and what the syntax subcommand would be? In particular right now I
have a table showing means.  Here's the syntax I have so far.

I've just started working for a health policy research foundation.  I
was hired as a data analyst, so I don't work on any one project or
area.  Instead, I support other researchers by providing computer
technical support, statistical analyses, and whatever miscellaneous