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SPSS Help

1. Open the SPSS progam. Click, File--> Open---> Syntax to open the syntax file.
3. Select the syntax file and open it.
4. The second line of the syntax file has the path name for the data file. Change it appropriately for your file in the local disk. Be sure to include the double quotes around the path name. Eg: "C:\icpsr\3975\da3975.txt"
5. Now its ready to run. Select the whole file content.
(TIP: CTRL+A selects the whole content in the file). If the content is not selected, the SPSS program will not execute the statements.
6. Now click the run button at the top very next to search button. Or you can click RUN in the top menu and click ALL.