Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 08:20:10 -0700
Reply-To: ViAnn Beadle <vab88011@gmail.com>
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From: ViAnn Beadle <vab88011@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: Problems with SPSS 15? - Or is it 16?
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Where do you save your files? If you are running Vista and are trying to
save your files in the SPSS location, Vista is silently putting them
elsewhere into a Virtual Store location since Program Files is verboten for
anything but set-up applications to write to.
SPSS can retrieve the file using the Open dialog your more recently used
file location; but if you try to find the file using a Windows explorer
window, it won't be able to find it. The location where the file really is
depends upon your user name. It's a very long path so it's easier to find it
with the Vista search function on the start menu.
The best approach is to set the default location of saved files in
Edit>Options.
-----Original Message-----
From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
Steve Runfeldt
Sent: Wednesday, November 07, 2007 7:46 AM
To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
Subject: Re: Problems with SPSS 15? - Or is it 16?
Charlotte,
I just now saw your message and the responses. You say that you just
upgraded a few weeks ago. Could you be using SPSS 16 and not 15? I also
upgraded (to v.16) a few weeks ago and I have been having similar problems.
I have been working on one file for over a week and I have had to go back
and restore that file three times. I finally named it "gooddata.sps".
Yesterday morning it was missing again. I restored it and made several
copies. I wonder if when I am saving it at the end of a session, and then
quit SPSS before it is completely saved, perhaps it gets deleted.
I have also been having problems with memory when looking at output files,
and especially pivot tables. In one case I ran a Factor followed by a
Regression for six different groups. I made notes on certain results. I
saved the output file. But, I was unable to export or print the results and
SPSS crashed. When I opened the output file the next day, only one of the
six group results was there. The Factor Scores were correctly saved from
the day before, but the output file appeared to have been truncated. I
reran the Regression on the six groups and got exactly the same results - at
least they matched my hand written notes.
I have gotten no help from SPSS support. I was told that because I did not
purchase a support package they did not have to look into my problem. But
this is a new version, on the street for only a few weeks, so I would think
that they would want to know about problems like this.
I am running SPSS 16 on a new ThinkPad with tons of memory. I understand
that V16 uses Java for the reporting function. Perhaps Java is not letting
go of memory. I have resolved this by running analyses in smaller batches,
saving my data files every time I create a new variable, making copies of my
data files, and saving the output files in smaller groups as well. With the
smaller files I can export to Excel with no problem. I have a project with
about 50 variables in six categories. Instead of running Oneway on all of
them at once, I have to run six Oneway analyses (Maybe we should call it
"Sixway".)
By the way, when you export to Excel, you have to unmerge all of the cells.
SPSS output to Excel masks some data cells by merging them with other cells,
so it appears that some results are missing. You have to Select All, then
Format Cells and uncheck Merge Cells - just to see all of your results. I
don't know why SPSS insists on merging cells that should not be merged.
I would love to hear back from SPSS on some of this.
Good luck.
Steve
Steve Runfeldt
Senior Account Executive/ Quantitative Research
Schwartz Consulting Partners
5027 W. Laurel Street
Tampa, FL 33607
813-207-0332 X 233 (work)
813-431-1840 (mobile)
steve@schwartzresearch.com
http://schwartzconsulting.com/
From: "Charlotte" <charl_bean@YAHOO.CO.UK>
To: <SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: 06 November, 2007 4:41 PM
Subject: Problems with SPSS 15?
> Hi there,
>
> I was just wondering if anybody is experiencing any problems (bugs?)
> with SPSS 15? I have been using it for a few weeks now and keep
> experiencing a situation in which it suddenly won't open files. If I
> then make a second attempt to open the file, it opens, but as an
> 'unknown' file - i.e. the name is removed.
>
> Furthermore, on two separate occasions I have had two files
> overwritten with two completely different files! Luckily I had the
> files backed up elsewhere.
>
> Anyone else experiencing things like this? I'm regretting having
> upgraded to version 15!
>
> Thanks,
>
> Charlotte
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