Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 09:47:07 -0500
Reply-To: Graham Wright <gwwri@brandeis.edu>
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From: Graham Wright <gwwri@brandeis.edu>
Subject: Re: spss 16 output
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Is the lack of either forwards OR backwards computability just a
marketing ploy to get everyone to upgrade or is there some technical
reasoning behind it? I have Stata as well, and it doesn't seem to have
this kind of issue.
I was actually going to upgrade to 16, but since almost everyone I know
still uses 15, I guess I won't bother.
-Graham
ViAnn Beadle wrote:
> The format of SPSS output files has changed from release to release since
> Release 7 and has never been backwardly compatible.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: SPSSX(r) Discussion [mailto:SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of
> Graham Wright
> Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 7:32 AM
> To: SPSSX-L@LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
> Subject: spss 16 output
>
> It seems that SPSS 16 has changed the format for output files to
> something called .spv, which I can't seem to open in SPSS 15, which will
> only open .spo files. There doesn't seem to be a way to get SPSS 16 to
> save output in the old format. Is there a way to open SPSS 16 output in
> older versions or is this just a preposterous oversight on SPSS's part?
>
> -G
>
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