Restructuring Data in SPSS – Overview

SPSS offers several simple ways for restructuring data. VARSTOCASES -short for “variables to cases”- stacks variables on top of each other. Its reverse is CASESTOVARS -short for “cases to variables”. It basically stacks groups of cases behind each other in new variables. AGGREGATE adds summary statistics such as frequencies, sums and means to your data, optionally collapsing cases in the process. […]

SPSS SPLIT FILE – A Quick Tutorial

SPLIT FILE is a command for having separate output for subsets of cases. It does not literally split your file into smaller files. Subsets are defined by the values on one or more split variables. After running SPLIT FILE, output is reported for each split group separately until you run SPLIT FILE OFF.Example of output […]