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SPSS Programming and Data Management, 4th Edition: A Guide for ...

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Divide<strong>and</strong>Conquer ........................................... 18UsingINSERTwithaMasterComm<strong>and</strong>SyntaxFile................ 19DefiningGlobalSettings..................................... 193 Getting <strong>Data</strong> into <strong>SPSS</strong> 22Getting<strong>Data</strong>from<strong>Data</strong>bases.................................... 22Installing <strong>Data</strong>base Drivers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22<strong>Data</strong>baseWizard.......................................... 24ReadingaSingle<strong>Data</strong>baseTable.............................. 24ReadingMultipleTables..................................... 26ReadingExcelFiles............................................ 29Readinga“Typical”Worksheet............................... 30ReadingMultipleWorksheets................................ 32ReadingText<strong>Data</strong>Files......................................... 35SimpleText<strong>Data</strong>Files...................................... 36DelimitedText<strong>Data</strong>........................................ 37Fixed-WidthText<strong>Data</strong>...................................... 41Text<strong>Data</strong>FileswithVeryWideRecords......................... 45ReadingDifferentTypesofText<strong>Data</strong>........................... 46ReadingComplexText<strong>Data</strong>Files.................................. 48MixedFiles.............................................. 48GroupedFiles ............................................ 49Nested(Hierarchical)Files .................................. 52Repeating<strong>Data</strong>........................................... 58ReadingSAS<strong>Data</strong>Files ........................................ 59ReadingStata<strong>Data</strong>Files........................................ 61vi

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