Math Forum / Math Software / SPSS / September 2008

I am running a logistic regression in SPSS 16.0. I am using smoking
status (smoker vs. non-smoker) as a dependent variable and demographic
variables such as race, sex, age, etc a predictors. I want the odds
ratios and 95% confidence intervals for each level of the predictor

Anyone out there familiar with the French version of SPSS 16.0 for
Windows?
When running a t test, the data processor places a comma (,) in the
criteria

I know that this is a beginner question, but here goes:
My first variable represents the country of origin and has two
possible responses: U.S. or abroad.
A second variable, let's call it 'Faith', also has only two possible

I am not a math person and would like to get some insight into some
issues of the principal component analysis:
1. What do the axes mean in a PCA scores plot? What does the magnitude
of the numbers say?

How can i obtain a multinomial logistic regression model for a grouped
data using SPSS?
A.A.A

I need to convert 10 string variables into 800 binary variables.
    source variables                        target variables
case v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 v6 v7 v8 v9 v10          A B C D E F
1     A  B  C                                1 1 1 0 0 0

Hello group,
A novice question...  I am running repeated regressions from my syntax
window ('REGRESSION") and would like to title the output so that I
could easily differentiate one regression from another. I see headings

I am trying to delete a character "-" in study_id variable and to
convert it from string to numeric.
(1-2345 to 12345).
I checked the group archives and found this code:

I think I am close but I need just a little help
to remove string variables from my file
I can print the string formats but not certain
about deleting the variables.

I am reading Marja Norusis book (SPSS 16.0 advanced statistical...).
As the author has mentioned, in ordinal regression it is assumed that
the relationship between the independent variables and logit are the
same for all the logits. what will the option(s) if the test for

I've read too much into things and have confused myself. When I want to
see if race (five groups) has an effect on grade (above, middle, and
below) and I do a simple One-Way ANOVA in SPSS, does race get placed
into the "Factor List" or the "Dependent List"? Wait, don't laugh....

I've been asking a lot of general stats questions and Bruce has been a
great help, but I am outside the intended discussion of SPSS.  The
most logical NG fpr stats is full of spam, where should I be posting
my "ANOVA versus chi-square" questions? Thx, George  (Thanks for the

Can I perform multinomial logistic regression using  SPSS 13 using the
command syntax reference. I have raw data
x1           x2                y
and the y has three categories. I want to perform this regression on

I have a significant model with a significant interaction between a
categorical and a continuous variable.  I have
figured out how to get SPSS to generate parameter estimates for the
continuous variable in each of the categories

I would like to learn SPSS as quickly and cheaply as possible. Does
anyone have any recommendations?? I don't need to become an expert,
but I would like to understand the system and the basic functions/how
to run the basic queries.