Title: Re: spss windows question
Well, spss doesn’t go back into the cells and put the mean, it creates a new column with the variable name you specify, and places the mean of the values for a given subject in that cell.  Also, you will need to use the mean function in SPSS, which looks something like: “mean (x1, x2)”.    It won’t work if you manually calculate the mean like: “[x1 + x2 + x3 + x4 + x5]/5”.

Wally

On 10/31/03 4:18 PM, "Hetzel, Rod" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

So, do I just calculate the mean for each of the items, and then go back into the data editor and type the appropriate means into the appropriate cells?  Or is there a way that SPSS will automatically detect the empty cells and replace them with the appropriate means?  Thanks Joe!

 
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-----Original Message-----
From: Horton, Joseph J. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 3:16 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
Subject: RE: spss windows question

Rod: You can take the mean of the items rather than the sum. SPSS will give you a mean for the people with missing valuses as well as those who answered all of the items.

 

Joe

 

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-----Original Message-----
From: Hetzel, Rod [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 4:11 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
Subject: spss windows question

 

Hi folks:

 

I have a *BASIC* spss windows question.  I'm using the Compute command to calculate the total scale score of a scale with 40 items.  A few of the items have missing values (subjects left them blank).  For those subjects that left any of the 40 items blank, the Compute command did not calculate a total scale score.  What do I need to do to get the Compute command to calculate scale scores even when there are missing values?

 

Rod

 

 

______________________________________________

Roderick D. Hetzel, Ph.D.

Department of Psychology

LeTourneau University

Post Office Box 7001

2100 South Mobberly Avenue

Longview, Texas  75607-7001

 

Office:   Education Center 218

Phone:    903-233-3893

Fax:      903-233-3851

Email:    [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Homepage: http://www.letu.edu/people/rodhetzel <http://www.letu.edu/people/rodhetzel>

-----Original Message-----
From: Kirsten Rewey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 9:12 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
Subject: Re: vita for undergraduates

Hi folks:

 

I'm having a problem that is stumping me.  A couple of my undergraduate students are applying to graduate schools this year and are trying to put together a vita for the applications.  I'm having a hard time remembering exactly what I included on my undergraduate vita.  I'm assuming the basics:

 

Name and address

 

Educational information (Major, GPA, graduation date)

 

Work experiences (does this include sales, waiting, and other non-psychology jobs or just those that are relevant for graduate school?)

 

Volunteer experiences

 

Research experiences (including presentations and publications but also final research projects for Methods courses, etc.?)

 

What kinds of information do you advice your students put on their vitas?  Does anyone have any sample templates for undergraduate vitas that they are willing to share?

 

On behalf of my students, thanks!

 

Rod

 

Hi Rod -

 

APS's Observer put out an excellent article on putting together a vita written explicitly for students. Unfortunately, my copy is at home and a quick check on the APS site shows that the article isn't available from the website.

 

But maybe another TIPSter has the article and can forward it to Rod? It is:

 

For students: Writing your vita (1989). APS Observer Vol. 2 #3. (No author was listed on the website.)

 

In the meantime I'll check at home and see if I can't take my hardcopy and scan directly to a pdf file for you.

 

Good luck!

 

 

Kirsten

 

 


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