Re: version 0.7.5. crash

[Ben Pfaff]

Matej Kovacic <address@hidden> writes:

>>>>> REGRESSION
>>>>>     /VARIABLES= F7 agea zenski
>>>>>     /DEPENDENT=     C21
>>>>>     /STATISTICS=COEFF R ANOVA.
>>> BTW, I tried regression with PSPP and SPSS 13. There are slight
>>> differences in output. And syntax in very different (does not cross run).
>>>
>>> SPSS 13 syntax:
>>>
>>> REGRESSION
>>>   /MISSING LISTWISE
>>>   /STATISTICS COEFF OUTS R ANOVA
>>>   /CRITERIA=PIN(.05) POUT(.10)
>>>   /NOORIGIN
>>>   /DEPENDENT C21
>>>   /METHOD=ENTER F7 agea zenski .
>> 
>> I can run the SPSS syntax on PSPP, to see why PSPP does not like
>> it.  But I cannot run the PSPP syntax on SPSS, to see why SPSS
>> does not like it.  Can you tell me what SPSS does not like about
>> the PSPP syntax?
>
> This is what SPSS (13) says:
> ================
> Warnings
>
> Text: C21
> A variable was not named or implied on the primary variable list.
> This command not executed.
>
> Misplaced subcommand on REGRESSION command--Only the METHOD subcommand
> can follow a DEPENDENT subcommand. Text found: STATISTICS.
>
> *WARNING* REGRESSION syntax scan continues. Further diagnostics from
> this command may be misleading - interpret with care.
> ================

Jason, based on my reading of the SPSS syntax manual, it looks
like PSPP isn't following the syntax very well.  Are you planning
to look into that at some point?
-- 
Ben Pfaff 
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