Date:         Wed, 9 Mar 2005 12:40:24 -0500
Reply-To:     "Andreas N. Andreou" <aandreou@onebox.com>
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From:         "Andreas N. Andreou" <aandreou@onebox.com>
Subject:      Re: Sorting variable means broke in groups
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Thanks  Art,

I tried your advise but I am not sure what I am doing wrong. Basically I am
using "Case:Summaries" command to generate a mean for each variable I have
and group them into different clusters based on a group variable. This is
the command syntax. How can I rank the variables in each group? I am not
very familiar with the syntax command in SPSS so I appreciate any help you
can give me.

I have also tried "Report Summaries in Rows" but still I don't get the
option to rank the variables. Is there any analysis procedure from the
toolbar that allows me to perform my task?

SUMMARIZE

/TABLES=skill1 skill2 skill3 skill4 BY sample

/FORMAT=NOLIST TOTAL

/TITLE='Case Summaries'

/MISSING=TABLE

/CELLS=MEAN .

Thanks again for your help.

Regards,
Andreas
"Decoding DNA might be the Book of Man...Decoding Social DNA might be the
Book of Humanity."

Andreas N. Andreou
Associate Research Director
Institute for Knowledge and Innovation
1776 G Street, NW Suite 101
Washington, DC 20052
Tel: 202-994-2951
Fax: 202-994-0245
E-Mail:aandreou@gwu.edu
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Art Kendall" <Art@DRKENDALL.ORG>
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Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: Sorting variable means broke in groups


> open the aggregated file.  Then use RANK.
> If you type RANK, or any command into the syntax window you can
> highlight it and click on the syntax icon. It looks like a snippet from
> an outline.
> or you can <help> <search> and type RANK in the edit box.
>
> Art
> Art@DrKendall.org
> Social Research Consultants
> University Park, MD  USA
> (301) 864-5570
>
>
> Andreas N. Andreou wrote:
>
>>Hi all,
>>
>>I have several variables that I like to break them into groups, calculate
>>their respective means, and rank them in descending order. I know how to
>>get the means and break the variables into groups but I can't figure out
>>how to rank them as well.
>>
>>Is there a procedure in SPSS that does that?
>>
>>Thank you for all your help
>>
>>Regards,
>>Andreas
>>"Decoding DNA might be the Book of Man...Decoding Social DNA might be the
>>Book of Humanity."
>>
>>Andreas N. Andreou
>>Associate Research Director
>>Institute for Knowledge and Innovation
>>1776 G Street, NW Suite 101
>>Washington, DC 20052
>>Tel: 202-994-2951
>>Fax: 202-994-0245
>>E-Mail:aandreou@gwu.edu
>>www.gwu.edu/~iki
>>
>>
>>
>>
>