Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2002 13:23:07 -0400
Reply-To: Mark Davenport <madavenp@OFFICE.UNCG.EDU>
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From: Mark Davenport <madavenp@OFFICE.UNCG.EDU>
Subject: Re: Syntax reference guide for 10 and 11
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I bought one a few months ago from SPSS. The problem is their website.
It appears to contain a lot of 'hidden' passages.
http://www.spss.com/acb/showprod.cfm?&DID=25&ObjectGroup_ID=95&CATID=15
Look toward the bottom of the webpage. They should be current through
Version 11 but I would ask the friendly folks at SPSS before you drop
$99 per book (yes, it's a 2 vol. set).
Regards,
Mark
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>>> Mark Casazza <Mark.Casazza@DOMINO1.CUNY.EDU> 10/8/2002 1:09:40 PM
>>>
Hi Gene,
FWIW, I couldn't find a listing for the version 10 or 11 syntax
reference
manual either. I know they used to make it for version 10, I've got
one at
home--maybe they ran out. I did see that they still have copies of
the
version 9 manual. There really isn't much difference between them, but
the
$49 price tag is excessive for a manual that is 4 versions out of
date--I've
heard that SPSS Version 12 will be available by the end of the year.
If you really need a version 10 manual, let me know and I'll see if I
can
dig up an extra copy lying about.
Regards,
Mark
Mark V. Casazza
Director of Academic Information
The City University of New York
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New York, NY 10019
phone: 212.541.0396
fax: 212.541.0392
email: Mark.Casazza@mail.cuny.edu
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Sent: Tuesday, October 08, 2002 12:46 PM
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Subject: Syntax reference guide for 10 and 11
All,
A coworker just told me that he can't find a copy of the syntax
reference
book for either 10 or 11 for sale at the spss website. I remember that
recently there was a impassioned series of postings about the
documentation. But i don't remember anything about the specifics.
So does spss no longer publish the syntax reference as a separately
purchasable book? Second, is it now spss' expectation that persons
wanting
a paper version of the syntax reference will now print it and bind it
themselves?
(I don't want to reignite the previous discussion so, please, a short
answer)
Thanks, Gene Maguin
