I would like to add some data to a SPSS file I want to make public. Is there any option, how to include details about the observations, acronyms etc.?
I think it is quite easy to add the data directly or even you can copy and paste it from another file
or you can use import data
I mean adding meta data, not the observations itself. E.g. information about when where data collected, how was it done, or if I use simple name of the file like CorporatePerformance.sav, just information which of my billion files was it (CorporatePerformanceAfterCleaning5BeforeRecoding8withPaulsChanges.sav).
https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSLVMB_25.0.0/statistics_reference_project_ddita/spss/base/syn_add_document.html
Perfect! Thank you, Bruce. Works with my SPSS 24 as well. Also, while trying to find option Add document in a menu (I am a simple person, I prefer clicking to writing syntax), I found that the same way works Utilities - Data File Comments.
Hi Ondřej. There are many advantages to using syntax. Some of them are summarized nicely here:
- http://www.spsstools.net/en/syntax/
- http://www.spsstools.net/en/syntax/learning-syntax/#keyitems
As noted on the second of those pages, exiting the GUI dialogs via the PASTE button is a good way to get started.
HTH.
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