Thanks Max! About 10 seconds before I got your email I saw that function. What a "duh!" moment! And Joe, thanks for your help with this!
______________________________________________ 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] Homepage: http://www.letu.edu/people/rodhetzel > -----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. 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