Yes, importing into SPSS using the syntax file, but I am interested in importing it into either SPSS or Excel if it alleviates the comma problem from the free response items.
Yes, importing into SPSS using the syntax file, but I am interested in importing it into either SPSS or Excel if it alleviates the comma problem from the free response items.
Just checking in to see if you got your data into SPSS alright.
Jason Reed
Empirisoft Software Support Specialist
I can get it into SPSS, but I still need to manually fix the extra columns created by the comma in the Recall Listing (& Thought Listing) questions.
When I attempt to use the syntax file provided by ML to import the TXT data I receive the following error message:
"Error # 4135 in column 74. Text: -12 >You must not specify the column location for variables read in FREE or LIST >format. >Execution of this command stops."
I've attached a word document with the Syntax file I was using when I got this error code. I still haven't found a systematic way to import data from a Thought Listing where a participant may use a comma.
This particular error message may be due to using a dash in your column names. The Word doc you attached to your last post does show a lot of use of the terms "choose1-12" and "choose13-19." See what happens when you get rid of the dash from those column headings.
Jason Reed
Empirisoft Software Support Specialist