Date:         Wed, 29 Sep 2010 10:04:56 -0400
Reply-To:     Art@DrKendall.org
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From:         Art Kendall <Art@DrKendall.org>
Organization: Social Research Consultants
Subject:      Re: judges discrepancy from median
Comments: To: James Whanger <james.whanger@GMAIL.COM>
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  SPSS has a within case (row) median function.
compute xmedian = median(x1 to x 30).

Across case medians are also available in MEANS, FREQUENCIES, RATIO
(also its confidence interval), SUMMARIZE, EXAMINE, ETC.

Art Kendall
Social Research Consultants

On 9/29/2010 9:25 AM, James Whanger wrote:
> Mark,
>
> Manipulating data based on the median is a heck of lot easier using R
> because it has a built in median function unlike SPSS.  So, if you have R
> you might want to take that route.
>
> Best,
>
> Jim
>
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