Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 16:45:02 -0500
Reply-To: Art@DrKendall.org
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From: Art Kendall <Art@DrKendall.org>
Organization: Social Research Consultants
Subject: Re: spss syntax
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Hear! Hear!
In addition it would help if the display were wide enough to display the
new variable name and the variable label.
One way I have worked around this is to put the dictionary in
Wordperfect or a spreadsheet, opened a column to the left of the
variable name, put sorting info into it. I then can paste snippets back
into the syntax window.
Perhaps a larger version of the selection box with check boxes that were
sticky between sorts.
Art
Ted Drawneek wrote:
> One of the most tedious aspects of using point-and-click is when you
> have hundreds or thousands of variables and have to hunt around using
> the very small variable selection box. (The worst in my experience is
> something like a paired t-test where they have to be entered in pairs
> even though they may be widely separated in the variable list). I
> would like to see as standard in the variable selection process:
>
> - resorting the list on the fly (between file order and alpha order)
> - typing a character takes you to the next occurrence of a variable
> starting with that character.
> - a resizable variable list
>
> Any chance in a future version of SPSS?
>
>
> At 05:23 a.m. 24/11/2005, Peck, Jon wrote:
>
>> And remember that with the pasted syntax, F1 or the corresponding
>> toolbar icon will bring up brief syntax help on the command where
>> the cursor is.
>>
>> Jon Peck
>> SPSS
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: SPSSX(r) Discussion on behalf of Granaas, Michael
>> Sent: Wed 11/23/2005 8:36 AM
>> To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>> Subject: Re: [SPSSX-L] spss syntax
>>
>> What I have done is after going through the point and click to set
>> up my analysis I click on "paste" rather than "ok". This appends
>> the syntax for the analysis to a syntax file. The meaning of most
>> lines of syntax are self-evident. For those that aren't, I have a
>> copy of the syntax manuals that I can read.
>>
>> Between these two I've done well learning the syntax that I need to
>> know for the work I do.
>>
>> Michael
>> ****************************************************
>> Michael Granaas mgranaas@usd.edu
>> Assoc. Prof. Phone: 605 677 5295
>> Dept. of Psychology FAX: 605 677 3195
>> University of South Dakota
>> 414 E. Clark St.
>> Vermillion, SD 57069
>> *****************************************************
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: SPSSX(r) Discussion on behalf of Samuel Solomon
>> Sent: Wed 11/23/05 7:36 AM
>> To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>> Subject: spss syntax
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I feel bad to ask you this strange question but I need it
>> badly. I would like you to help me how I could learn fast on writing
>> spss syntax because I found the "point and click" tedious to proceed.
>>
>>
>>
>> Samuel
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