Date:         Mon, 28 Nov 2005 10:43:03 +0100
Reply-To:     Henrik Lolle <lolle@socsci.aau.dk>
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From:         Henrik Lolle <lolle@socsci.aau.dk>
Subject:      Re: spss syntax
Comments: To: paulette <paulette@fiu.edu>
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Hi,

But one must be sure that 'Variable lists' display names and not
labels. This can be changed in the 'Generel' window in 'Edit Options'.

Henrik Lolle

At 19:46 26-11-2005, paulette wrote:
>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.
>
> >>> You can do this "clunkily". If you have any variable highlighted in
>the Variable Box of a
> >>> procedure, you can type the name of the variable you want (assuming
>you know it), and
> >>> SPSS will find it and highlight it.  You can type the whole name
>(without hesitation) or just a letter or
> >>> two.  One of my students showed me this!
>
>Paulette Johnson
>Statistical Consulting
>Florida International University
>Miami, Fl 33165



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