Introduction This tutorial shows how to work proficiently with SPSS datetime variables. You can follow along with it by downloading and opening hospital.sav. SPSS Main Datetime Functions This tutorial will cover the datetime functions outlined in the table below. Most of them apply to SPSS date variables and time variables as well because their values are stored in numbers of […]
Summary In SPSS, TEMPORARY indicates that the commands that follow are temporary. Temporary commands will be undone (reversed) when a command is run that reads the data. Such a command also indicates that the commands that follow are not temporary anymore. Temporary commands between TEMPORARY and a command that reads the data. SPSS Temporary Example “We’d like to dichotomize […]
MATCH FILES is an SPSS command mostly used for merging data holding similar cases but different variables. For different cases but similar variables, use ADD FILES. MATCH FILES is also the way to go for a table lookup similar to VLOOKUP in Excel. Merging two datasets by id, which is a unique case identifier. SPSS Match Files – Basic Use The […]
Introduction Working with SPSS datetime variables is not hard at all if you understand some basics. This tutorial walks you through just those. Those who’d like to follow along may download and open hospital.sav. SPSS Datetime Variables – What Are They? SPSS datetime variables are variables that hold the numbers of seconds between the year 1582 and […]
