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Bob,
For formatting the final output, you have to create a script for
changing decimal points. Another way is to create "custom table" (if
you have SPSS tables) in SPSS. The sample code would be :
TABLES
/FORMAT BLANK MISSING('.') /TABLES
(LABELS) BY
q2
/STATISTICS COUNT ((F5.0) 'Count' )
CPCT ((PCT7.3) '%' ) .
By changing 'PCT7.3' to required decimal point system, you will get
frequency table values accordingly.
Hope this helps.
Vishal.
-----Original Message-----
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
Bob Schacht
Sent: Wednesday, July 06, 2005 8:28 PM
To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: controlling decimals
I want to COMPUTE an hourly wage variable, say
COMPUTE HrlyWage = V173/V175.
But I want to set the decimals to 3 so that when I stipulate
FREQUENCIES VARIABLES=HrlyWage /STATISTICS=STDDEV MEAN /ORDER=
ANALYSIS.
the frequencies are shown to 3 decimal places, not the (default?) 2. I
can
change the decimals manually in the Variable View, of course, but I want
to
automate this, and a sequence of other commands. How do I set the
decimals
for this variable in the syntax?
Thanks,
Bob
Robert M. Schacht, Ph.D. <schacht@hawaii.edu>
Pacific Basin Rehabilitation Research & Training Center
1268 Young Street, Suite #204
Research Center, University of Hawaii
Honolulu, HI 96814
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