Date:         Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:29:23 -0700
Reply-To:     Mike Pritchard <5circles@gmail.com>
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From:         Mike Pritchard <5circles@gmail.com>
Subject:      Compare databases
In-Reply-To:  <200910302207.n9UEYgMr031816@malibu.cc.uga.edu>
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Is there a (relatively) easy way to compare SPSS files?

I am trying to correct a problem that has crept in where at least one
variable has got messed up.  I need to figure out how far back in the
versions I need to go, and whether I can simply replace that variable with
the original from the Excel file that was downloaded from the survey tool.
If I can't just replace the variable in a later version of the SPSS file
there is probably quite a bit more work to recode again, and - more
important - checking / redoing coding from open-ends.

I'm doing spot checks right now, but it would be great to find a way to test
the integrity of multiple variables.

Thanks
Mike

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