Thanks Max, you suggested what I was referring to but couldn't remember. Carol
-----Original Message----- From: Maxwell Gwynn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 3:30 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences Subject: RE: spss windows question Rod: >From the Transform drop-down menu, select "Replace Missing Values...", and select "Series Mean" as your Method. This should replace the missing value with the mean for that variable. -Max Gwynn Maxwell Gwynn, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Psychology Wilfrid Laurier University 75 University Avenue West Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5 Canada (519) 884-0710 ext 3854 [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/31/2003 4:18:20 PM >>> 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! ______________________________________________ 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: 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 Joseph J. Horton Ph. D. Faculty Box 2694 Grove City College Grove City, PA 16127 (724) 458-2004 In God we trust, all others must bring data. -----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 -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kirsten L. Rewey, Ph.D. | Coordinator of Introduction to | Statistics and Research Methods | "We must become the change Department of Psychology | we want to see in the world." 75 E. 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