This question is a little off-topic with respect to most undergraduate teaching, but I know there are several savvy statisticians on this list who might have an answer to this question:
Does SPSS have a mechanism by which I can verify the accuracy of a large SPSS data file by creating two independent versions of the file and comparing them? We plan to compute and compare descriptive statistics computed for each variable for the two independent versions of the data, but this will only those identify variables with data discrepancies. Is there a procedure for doing a cell-by-cell parity comparison and identify cells in the two files that have different entries? I am looking for a procedure that will do what keypunch operators used to do -- verifying the accuracy of punched cards by repunching them. Thanks in advance. Claudia Stanny ________________________________________________________ Claudia J. Stanny, Ph.D. e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Department of Psychology Phone: (850) 474 - 3163 University of West Florida FAX: (850) 857 - 6060 Pensacola, FL 32514 - 5751 Web: http://www.uwf.edu/psych/stanny.html --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
