PSPP

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Table of Contents

GNU PSPP
1 Introduction
2 Your rights and obligations
3 Invoking pspp
- 3.1 Main Options
- 3.2 PDF, PostScript, and SVG Output Options
- 3.3 Plain Text Output Options
- 3.4 HTML Output Options
- 3.5 OpenDocument Output Options
- 3.6 Comma-Separated Value Output Options
4 Invoking psppire
- 4.1 The graphic user interface
5 Using PSPP
- 5.1 Preparation of Data Files
- 5.2 Data Screening and Transformation
- 5.3 Hypothesis Testing
  - 5.3.1 Testing for differences of means
  - 5.3.2 Linear Regression
6 The PSPP language
- 6.1 Tokens
- 6.2 Forming commands of tokens
- 6.3 Syntax Variants
- 6.4 Types of Commands
- 6.5 Order of Commands
- 6.6 Handling missing observations
- 6.7 Datasets
- 6.8 Files Used by PSPP
- 6.9 File Handles
- 6.10 Backus-Naur Form
7 Mathematical Expressions
- 7.1 Boolean Values
- 7.2 Missing Values in Expressions
- 7.3 Grouping Operators
- 7.4 Arithmetic Operators
- 7.5 Logical Operators
- 7.6 Relational Operators
- 7.7 Functions
- 7.8 Operator Precedence
8 Data Input and Output
- 8.1 BEGIN DATA
- 8.2 CLOSE FILE HANDLE
- 8.3 DATAFILE ATTRIBUTE
- 8.4 DATASET commands
- 8.5 DATA LIST
- 8.6 END CASE
- 8.7 END FILE
- 8.8 FILE HANDLE
- 8.9 INPUT PROGRAM
- 8.10 LIST
- 8.11 NEW FILE
- 8.12 PRINT
- 8.13 PRINT EJECT
- 8.14 PRINT SPACE
- 8.15 REREAD
- 8.16 REPEATING DATA
- 8.17 WRITE
9 System and Portable File I/O
- 9.1 APPLY DICTIONARY
- 9.2 EXPORT
- 9.3 GET
- 9.4 GET DATA
- 9.5 IMPORT
- 9.6 SAVE
- 9.7 SAVE TRANSLATE
  - 9.7.1 Writing Comma- and Tab-Separated Data Files
- 9.8 SYSFILE INFO
- 9.9 XEXPORT
- 9.10 XSAVE
10 Combining Data Files
- 10.1 Common Syntax
- 10.2 ADD FILES
- 10.3 MATCH FILES
- 10.4 UPDATE
11 Manipulating variables
- 11.1 ADD VALUE LABELS
- 11.2 DELETE VARIABLES
- 11.3 DISPLAY
- 11.4 FORMATS
- 11.5 LEAVE
- 11.6 MISSING VALUES
- 11.7 MODIFY VARS
- 11.8 MRSETS
- 11.9 NUMERIC
- 11.10 PRINT FORMATS
- 11.11 RENAME VARIABLES
- 11.12 VALUE LABELS
- 11.13 STRING
- 11.14 VARIABLE ATTRIBUTE
- 11.15 VARIABLE LABELS
- 11.16 VARIABLE ALIGNMENT
- 11.17 VARIABLE WIDTH
- 11.18 VARIABLE LEVEL
- 11.19 VECTOR
- 11.20 WRITE FORMATS
12 Data transformations
- 12.1 AGGREGATE
- 12.2 AUTORECODE
- 12.3 COMPUTE
- 12.4 COUNT
- 12.5 FLIP
- 12.6 IF
- 12.7 RECODE
- 12.8 SORT CASES
13 Selecting data for analysis
- 13.1 FILTER
- 13.2 N OF CASES
- 13.3 SAMPLE
- 13.4 SELECT IF
- 13.5 SPLIT FILE
- 13.6 TEMPORARY
- 13.7 WEIGHT
14 Conditional and Looping Constructs
- 14.1 BREAK
- 14.2 DO IF
- 14.3 DO REPEAT
- 14.4 LOOP
15 Statistics
- 15.1 DESCRIPTIVES
- 15.2 FREQUENCIES
- 15.3 EXAMINE
- 15.4 CORRELATIONS
- 15.5 CROSSTABS
- 15.6 FACTOR
- 15.7 MEANS
- 15.8 NPAR TESTS
- 15.9 T-TEST
- 15.10 ONEWAY
- 15.11 QUICK CLUSTER
- 15.12 RANK
- 15.13 REGRESSION
  - 15.13.1 Syntax
  - 15.13.2 Examples
- 15.14 RELIABILITY
- 15.15 ROC
16 Utilities
- 16.1 ADD DOCUMENT
- 16.2 CACHE
- 16.3 CD
- 16.4 COMMENT
- 16.5 DOCUMENT
- 16.6 DISPLAY DOCUMENTS
- 16.7 DISPLAY FILE LABEL
- 16.8 DROP DOCUMENTS
- 16.9 ECHO
- 16.10 ERASE
- 16.11 EXECUTE
- 16.12 FILE LABEL
- 16.13 FINISH
- 16.14 HOST
- 16.15 INCLUDE
- 16.16 INSERT
- 16.17 PERMISSIONS
- 16.18 PRESERVE and RESTORE
- 16.19 SET
- 16.20 SHOW
- 16.21 SUBTITLE
- 16.22 TITLE
17 Not Implemented
18 Bugs
19 Function Index
20 Command Index
21 Concept Index
Appendix A GNU Free Documentation License

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GNU PSPP

This manual is for GNU PSPP version 0.7.9, software for statistical analysis.

Copyright © 1997, 1998, 2004, 2005, 2009 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License".

Introduction: Description of the package.
License: Your rights and obligations.
Invoking PSPP: Starting the PSPP text-based interface.
Invoking PSPPIRE: Starting the PSPP graphical user interface.
Using PSPP: How to use PSPP --- A brief tutorial.
Language: Basics of the PSPP command language.
Expressions: Numeric and string expression syntax.
Data Input and Output: Reading data from user files.
System and Portable File IO: Reading and writing system & portable files.
Combining Data Files: Combining data from multiple files.
Variable Attributes: Adjusting and examining variables.
Data Manipulation: Simple operations on data.
Data Selection: Select certain cases for analysis.
Conditionals and Looping: Doing things many times or not at all.
Statistics: Basic statistical procedures.
Utilities: Other commands.
Not Implemented: What's not here yet
Bugs: Known problems; submitting bug reports.
Function Index: Index of PSPP functions for expressions.
Command Index: Index of PSPP procedures.
Concept Index: Index of concepts.
GNU Free Documentation License: License for copying this manual.