Rod
Your
problem migth be that the values in SPSS are "system-missing", rather than empty
cells. Is there a dot in each cell?
If so,
one way to fix it would be to RECODE the system-missing values into zeros, then
run the COMPUTE function. This is only useful if you do not have
meaningful zero in the data currently.
Try
the following syntax, which will recode the system-missing values into zeros
without creating 40 new variables:
RECODE
var1 var2 ... var40 (SYSMIS=0) .
COMPUTE sumvar = var1+var2+...var40 .
EXECUTE .
Where "var1", "var2", etc are your current variables, and "sumvar" is the new total scale score.
Hope this helps,
Sybil
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From: Hetzel, Rod [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, October 31, 2003 4:11 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences
Subject: spss windows questionHi 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 PsychologyLeTourneau UniversityPost Office Box 70012100 South Mobberly AvenueLongview, Texas 75607-7001Office: Education Center 218Phone: 903-233-3893Fax: 903-233-3851Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Homepage: 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 undergraduatesHi 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 addressEducational 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 experiencesResearch 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!RodHi 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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