RE: multiple response set

[Marshall DeBerry]

I would just echo that after SPSS introduced the MULT RESPONSE syntax in the
late 70's-early 80's (?), it was of immense help to my work on the DOJ/BJS
National Crime Victimization Survey in the production of reports/analyses.
It would be very helpful if this command syntax/feature could be added to
PSPP in the near future.
Thanks,
Marshall

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Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2015 10:56 AM
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Subject: Re: multiple response set

On Thu, Jan 08, 2015 at 02:36:57PM +0100, news wrote:
> On 08/01/2015 06:54, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> >On Wed, Jan 07, 2015 at 12:32:26AM +0100, F. Thomas wrote:
> >>I found the MRSETS command which allows to analyse multiple reponse 
> >>questions; But the MULT RESPONSE command has not yet been 
> >>implemented, according to the manual.
> >>So how to analyse mult response questions ? What can you do with 
> >>MRSETS when you have no Mult response frequencies or tables ?
> >
> >There is no such functionality yet.  MRSETS is implemented to allow 
> >the .sav file format to be more completely supported, but multiple 
> >response sets are not otherwise useful.
> >
> 
> This is a pity. The multiple response format is a widely used in 
> survey research and few stats programs have a proc to analyse them.
> 
> Having this opportunity in PSPP would strongly increase its usefulness 
> for a wider audience.

It's good to know that.  No one has mentioned it before, to the best of my
recollection.