amuro22
10-11-2006, 10:13 PM
This is a question from my Intro to Stats course, so forgive me if this question seemed too "easy". I have to do this in SPSS, but unfortunately I'm a noob at SPSS. Anyway, here's the question:
PROBLEM:
WE NEED FREQUENCIES ON A FIELD IN AN ASCII FILE.
THERE ARE NO FILES THAT GIVE US THIS INFORMATION (E,G,. CODEBOOK, FREQUENCIES).
THE FIELD IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FILE.
TASK:
PRODUCE FREQUENCIES FOR THIS FIELD BY USING AT LEAST 2 METHODS
(E.G., TAB TO THE POSITION, GO TO THE POSITION, ETC.)
WRITE OUT:
-AN INPUT FORMAT STATEMENT (AN SPSS TERM) IN SAS CODE
-FOR MASTER-BILL-TYPE (TYPE OF BILL) IN THE S.XLS FILE
I've attached the data file. I would appreciate it if someone could help me with this. Thanks!
PROBLEM:
WE NEED FREQUENCIES ON A FIELD IN AN ASCII FILE.
THERE ARE NO FILES THAT GIVE US THIS INFORMATION (E,G,. CODEBOOK, FREQUENCIES).
THE FIELD IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FILE.
TASK:
PRODUCE FREQUENCIES FOR THIS FIELD BY USING AT LEAST 2 METHODS
(E.G., TAB TO THE POSITION, GO TO THE POSITION, ETC.)
WRITE OUT:
-AN INPUT FORMAT STATEMENT (AN SPSS TERM) IN SAS CODE
-FOR MASTER-BILL-TYPE (TYPE OF BILL) IN THE S.XLS FILE
I've attached the data file. I would appreciate it if someone could help me with this. Thanks!