Definition SPSS’ ANY is used to compare one value to a set of other values. SPSS Any – Basics ANY(a,b,c[,d…]) checks whether a is equal to any of the b, c[,d…]. Note that the first value is compared to the second through the last values. Each of these can either be a constant (“6”) or a variable (“v1”) over respondents. SPSS Any – Examples Suppose […]
In SPSS, a date is the number of seconds since the year 1582. These are huge numbers but they are still just numbers like somebody’s weight in kilos or the number of cars in some household. The main difference between dates and other variables is that SPSS displays dates with slashes or dots as in “2016/11/07”. Once you fully realize […]
Computing new variables -often as means or sums over other variables- is usually done with COMPUTE. If you want to do so for only some cases but not others, use IF instead. Some alternatives for creating new variables in SPSS are RECODE, AUTORECODE, AGGREGATE and RANK. Computing Variables Tutorials SPSS Missing Values Functions SPSS COMPUTE – Simple Tutorial
Managing variable and value labels without syntax is way more work than necessary. This tutorial explains how to do this more efficiently. Changing Variable Labels in SPSS As with other parts of the dictionary, there’s no “Paste” option for modifying variable labels. Be aware that manual modifications – apart from being time consuming – are not […]
