The SPSS file format is not open and declared, such that one needs to run a syntax file to import the data.
This is in contrast to Stata, which documents for all versions how other suppliers may write a proper Stata file (or import this). Therefore the new Analysis and Manager can handle Stata formattet files and direct csv export, but not SPSS files.
I think more recent versions of SPSS can import Stata files directly (I last used SPSS in 1995).
Best wishes
Jens Lauritsen EpiData Association, Denmark
On 03/07/2020 06:37, EpiData development and support wrote:
Dear Torsten, dear Jens, Epidata-Manager does the SPSS-Export in a indirect way. A SPSS-Syntax-File and a CSV-Data-File are created. You have to run the Syntax in SPSS to create a SPSS-Datafile. This is the current proceeding.
For this proceeding I have some questions:
Is it very hard to create a SPSS-Datafile at once?
Why is the SPSS-CSV-Data-Export-File different to a direct
CSV-Data-Export-File? The Structure is different.
In my opinion it will be easier and a clear way to have ONE (adjustible) CSV-Data-Export-File. For that I recommend to replace the second Tab in " Tools/Export.../Type: SPSS 'SPSS-Options' " with the 'CSV-Options' (except for "Export Value Labels" because this is a great advantage of EpiData! Perhaps this Item stands better one the first Tab.)
- Is it possible to change the default given SPSS-Syntax?
The "Data List"-Command still works, but it is a little bit out of date. It does not work with the qualifier for Textvariables. So you have to edit the csv-File or have to write a new Syntax. "GET DATA" is the current Command.
With kind regards Michael
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