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MacInnes, chapter 5: Dealing with Data Documentation
[New page 4 July 2018: last updated 17 May 2022]
SPSS saved file for chapter 5
GSS7216_R3_wrkbaby2.sav (7.6 mb) is an extract, authorised for uploading to this site, from the NORC General Social Survey 1972 - 2016. It is the file which should result from 5.1.10 Creating and downloading a data extract from GSS (below) and 5.1.11 Creating a filepath to the GSS command file (not yet finished, but perhaps now superfluous).
[NB: Numeration and nomenclature subject to change, but chapter titles are copied from the book]
5.1: Guides to video tutorials
5.1.1 Downloading the full ESS6 dataset & documentation (11 pp)
5.1.2 Identifying the missing cases on [cldgng] (6 pp)
5.1.3 Creating a numeric version of country (4 pp)
5.1.4 Selecting cases and using the COUNT command (10 pp)
5.1.5_Using_COMPUTE_to_create_new_variables (11 pp)
5.1.6 Using the SUM sub-command (5 pp)
5.1.7 Creating and editing a Histogram (7 pp)
5.1.8 Producing standardised variables with DESCriptives (1 page)
5.1.9 Using syntax to repeat analyses on new data (7 pp)
5.1.10 Creating and downloading a data extract from GSS (14 pp)
5.1.11 Creating a filepath to the GSS command file. (3pp)
[NB: GSS7216_R3_wrkbaby2.sav can be downloaded from this site ]
SPSS saved file for chapter 5
GSS7216_R3_wrkbaby2.sav (7.6 mb) is an extract, authorised for uploading to this site, from the NORC General Social Survey 1972 - 2016. It is the file which should result from 5.1.10 Creating and downloading a data extract from GSS (below) and 5.1.11 Creating a filepath to the GSS command file (not yet finished, but perhaps now superfluous).
[NB: Numeration and nomenclature subject to change, but chapter titles are copied from the book]
5.1: Guides to video tutorials
5.1.1 Downloading the full ESS6 dataset & documentation (11 pp)
5.1.2 Identifying the missing cases on [cldgng] (6 pp)
5.1.3 Creating a numeric version of country (4 pp)
5.1.4 Selecting cases and using the COUNT command (10 pp)
5.1.5_Using_COMPUTE_to_create_new_variables (11 pp)
5.1.6 Using the SUM sub-command (5 pp)
5.1.7 Creating and editing a Histogram (7 pp)
5.1.8 Producing standardised variables with DESCriptives (1 page)
5.1.9 Using syntax to repeat analyses on new data (7 pp)
5.1.10 Creating and downloading a data extract from GSS (14 pp)
5.1.11 Creating a filepath to the GSS command file. (3pp)
[NB: GSS7216_R3_wrkbaby2.sav can be downloaded from this site ]