Math Forum / Math Software / SPSS / October 2008

Hey all,
Is there a way to open a spss datafile from a zip
file without extracting the file first?
I have some really huge files that I would like to

Just curious. I use a short syntax to find the highest value of 3
variables using a vector loop. It creates 3 variables that I'd to see
disappear once the loop has resulting variable has been computed, but
not using the SAVE OUTFILE  /DROP command. I'd like to see the

How do I to transform this file
serial-id v1 v2 v3 v4 v5 etc.
-------------------------------------
123       9

I receive a run-time error message from the SPSS Basic script editor
when I try to run a sample script (.wwd) in SPSS 16 telling me
"Automation has failed. This application has failed to start because
the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the

I got the following errors:

On the other SPSS list (SPSSX-L) I have been writing about the new
extension commands available for SPSS Statistics 17.  These are
commands that act like built-in SPSS commands and most of which have a
dialog box interface.  But these are add-ons from SPSS Developer

What are the steps to merging datasets.  I have spss version 14.  I
plan to upgrade, but would like to know how to do this on my current
version (hopefully there's not much difference).  Please let me know
if I need to provide more information.  This is my first post.

I know it may seem a silly question, but, actually, I need an answer.
I have the following multinomial logistic syntax:
Define !Xel().
OMS SELECT TABLES/IF SUBTYPE='Parameter Estimates' /DESTINATION

It would be very helpful to shed some light on technical differences
between R and software packages like Statistica, SPSS, SAS.

I have the following dataset and variables.  The Sum Var aggregates
the total number of admissions for each ID. I would like to create a
new variable, which will automatically assign an ID Admission.  Any
suggested Synatx would be greatly appreciated.

Hello - I am using V15.  I have a question from a survey that uses
checkboxes and all the answers to the question are in one column.
I need to seperate each answer into its own column. SPSS will only do
this if there is one answer in the column. If there are more it

our software developed with .NET (C#) accesses  SPSS via  the .NET
wrapper assemblies interop.spsswinlib.dll and interop.spsswin.dll.
With  SPSS 15 an entry of the instance was written to the running
object table whenever it was started. Therefore it was possible to get

I need to compute odds ratios determining the association between one
variable (i.e. uterus shape) and an outcome (i.e. infertility), while
adjusting for a confounding variable (smoking status).  Any help would
be appreciated.  I am most familiar with using the dialog boxes, not