Sylvia,
AGGREGATE, Match as a Table , then compute!!!.
Neila
Sylvia Hysong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Hi --
>
> I'm actually working on two different versions of SPSS (depending on what
> faculty advisor's computer I'm working on) 8.0 or 10.0 (for Windows).
>
> I have a dataset composed of subordinate survey data; one variable,
> supernum, refers to the id number of that subordinate's supervisor (so
there
> would be multiple cases with a particular supervisor's unique ID) -- this
is
> my break variable. My ultimate goal is to calculate the within-group
> interrater reliability for variable x --
>
> Rwg = 1- (variance x/ EU^2) (in this case EU^2 will always equal 6.66)
>
> Normally, this would be a simple deal using the COMPUTE command; the
problem
> is that I need Rwg calculated for each supervisor ID (not every supervisor
> has the same number of subordinates). The IF subcommand of the COMPUTE
only
> allows me to specify a range, not a break variable, so that doesn't work.
> The means procedure can calculate the variances by a break variable,
(which
> would allow me from there to use the compute command), but I can't get it
to
> save any of that output as a variable -- I only get a report.
>
> Is there any way to perform a calculation for groups of cases, breaking
out
> the groups by a break variable? Please HELP!!!
>
> Thanks in advance
>
>
>
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