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!

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> -----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
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> <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
> 
>                
> 
>                
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