eriklater@GMAIL.COM wrote: > >Hi! >Anyone with a good syntax or chain of commands in SPSS to measure >MAMBAC >(means above means under a cut) and MAXCOV (maximum covariance)? >And, if you just want to help me save time, syntaxes for measuring >positive >predictive value, negative predictive value, specificity and >sensitivity. > >I have a data set with N persons, and n persons have diagnosis A. >To get diagnosis A, they need to have 5 or more out of 8 possible >dichotomous criteria. > >I want to check the reliability of those criteria, mainly by positive >predictive value, negative predictive value, specificity and >sensitivity. >Thereafter I need to check if they are measuring a single taxonometric >property, by using the MAMBAC- and MAXCOV-procedure. > >Anyone?

You are probably going to have to ask in an SPSS group for this. You probably just missed it, since it's next to the SAS group in the UseNet hierarchy.

The SPSS website also has a support section that might be of help, if you are a maintenance client.

HTH, David -- David L. Cassell mathematical statistician Design Pathways 3115 NW Norwood Pl. Corvallis OR 97330

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