Date:         Mon, 13 Jan 2003 23:07:06 -0500
Reply-To:     Art@DrKendall.org
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From:         "Arthur J. Kendall" <Art@DrKendall.org>
Organization: Social Research Consultants
Subject:      Re: Analyzing multiple response
Comments: To: "Heisler, Kurt W" <HeisleKW@CHKD.COM>
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for the second question.

compute core = 0.
if (math eq 1 and english eq 1 and science eq 1) core =1.
value labels core 0 'no' 1 'yes'

Heisler, Kurt W wrote:
> I have a multiple response question on a survey which asks, "Which subjects
> have you taken? (check all that apply)" There are 6 possible answers:
>
>    Math, English, Science, PE, Art, and None.
>
> In my SPSS file, I created a variable for each answer and coded each
> accordingly:
>
>    1 = Selected
>    77 = Not Applicable
>    88 = Invalid
>    99 = No Response
>
> Not Applicable (77) is an option because the question is part of a skip
> pattern. If the respondent answered 'No' to a previous question, he should
> skip the Subjects question. In these cases, each answer was given 77.
>
> 88 and 99 are assigned as missing values. Invalid means that it was not
> clear if they selected that answer or not (e.g., poor erase mark, scribble).
> No Response simply means they didn't select that answer.
>
> I created a multiple response set with the answers:
>
>    MULT RESPONSE
>      GROUPS=$Suba_f 'Suba_f Subjects (multiple response set)' (aMath
> bEnglish
>      cScience dPE eArt fNone (1))
>      /FREQUENCIES=$Suba_f  .
>
> Question 1: Should I create a 7th variable, something like "Skipped" (1 =
> Yes, 0 - No), where 1 (yes) means the person did not select any of the
> possible answers when in fact they should have selected at least one? (This
> field would be left empty for the Not Applicable respondents, whose answers
> would be coded as 77).
>
> Question 2: How can I create a variable called Core (0=no, 1=yes), where any
> respondent who took Math, English, and Science is counted as 1 (yes) and all
> others as 0 (no)? Syntax is preferred.
>
> Thank you!
>
> Kurt
>