Date:         Tue, 4 Jul 2006 13:39:59 +1000
Reply-To:     paulandpen@optusnet.com.au
Sender:       "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
From:         Paul Dickson <paulandpen@optusnet.com.au>
Subject:      Re: inputting correlation matrix into cronbach's alpha
              computations (solved)
Comments: To: Statisticsdoc <statisticsdoc@cox.net>
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Hi Steve

Worked like a treat!!!!

Thank you for that

Paul



> Statisticsdoc <statisticsdoc@cox.net> wrote:
>
> Stephen Brand
> www.statisticsdoc.com
>
> Paul,
>
> The MATRIX subcommand on the RELIABILITY command will let you read in an
> SPSS Matrix.  For example:
>
> RELIABILITY VARIABLES = ITEM1 TO ITEM6
>    / SCALE (SCALE1) = ITEM1 ITEM3 ITEM5
>    / SCALE (SCALE2) = ITEM2 ITEM4 ITEM7
>    / SUMMARY MEANS TOTAL
>    / MATRIX IN(*)  .
>
> Here the matrix file is the active file, otherwise you would specify a
> filename.  The SPSS input matrix file should have records of the type N
> MEAN
> STDDEV and CORR.  Further information on this option is available in the
> documentation for RELIABILITY in the Base manual.
>
> HTH,
>
> Steve
>
>
> For personalized and professional consultation in statistics and
> research
> design, visit
> www.statisticsdoc.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU]On Behalf Of
> Paul Dickson
> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2006 9:35 PM
> To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: inputting correlation matrix into cronbach's alpha computations
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I have a co-occurrence matrix of similarity measures that I have
> pre-processed in spss to generate a correlation matrix (via factor
> analysis).  I now want to use this matrix to generate cronbachs alpha
> values
> for the items.
>
> Any assistance on how to input the matrix into relaibility analysis
> would be
> much appreicated.
>
> Regards Paul