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#WHY SPSS 23 SYNTAX HAS TEXT JUMBLED TOGETHER HOW TO#
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b) some sales info were missing (or were incorrect) from the file and he has to redo the analysis.the analysis will have to be done weekly from now on.he requests the whole thing be redone but separately for each operating divisions.a) John's manager finds the analysis so interesting that.Many things may happen after the analysis is completed: Imagine John uses "point and click" to execute data transformations, add value and variable labels and run 50 procedures on a company wide sales data file. The more one uses SPSS, the more one needs to use syntax files as opposed to the "point and click" method. The need to use syntax cannot be overstated. This is the content of the syntax file created above:

#WHY SPSS 23 SYNTAX HAS TEXT JUMBLED TOGETHER HOW TO#

(For a good description of how to use the Syntax window, SPSS's journal and the Log, see Syntax Editor Window on the University Central Michigan's site.) Save the syntax file (using the menu of the syntax window): FILE>SAVE (or use Ctrl-S).Using the menu, select ANALYZE>DESCRIPTIVE>FREQUENCIES, move the variable jobcat to the Variable(s) Text Box.Paste the command in the syntax window.Double click the Log listing (on the right hand side of the Output Window) select and copy the GET FILE command.If you do not see the Log, refer to Keep the Log! for instructions. (Of course the path in your system may be different). Check the Log in the Output window, it will contain GET FILE='C:\Program Files\SPSS\Employee data.sav'.

Using the data editor menu, select FILE>NEW>SYNTAX (this opens a new syntax window).

Using the menu, load the file "employee data.sav" which came with SPSS.

As far as I am concerned, the main purpose of the GUI is to facilitate writing syntax! Another key point is to make sure the commands are printed in the Output Window (see Keep the Log!)

#WHY SPSS 23 SYNTAX HAS TEXT JUMBLED TOGETHER WINDOWS#

One of the key to syntax writing is the Paste Button which exists in most windows of the Graphic User Interface (GUI). General SPSS Learning Resources Key Items