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Re: importing data to PSSP which is similar to SPSS [message #18162 is a reply to message #18154]

Wed, 02 October 2019 05:41

Trevor-DHS
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If you convert to Excel, then yes, you will lose the labels. I haven't used PSPP for some time, but I believe that you can use the .SPS commands found in the flat ASCII format download file to import the data. You should then have a file in memory with the labels. Saving the file as an Excel CSV file you will then lose the labels. Instead, I suggest saving the file as a system file.

Alternatively, I believe that PSPP can read the ,sav files diretly, so you should be able to download the SPSS files (SV) directly, and these files include all of the labels.

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		importing data to PSSP which is similar to SPSS By: Mariela Contreras on Mon, 30 September 2019 16:39
		Re: importing data to PSSP which is similar to SPSS By: Trevor-DHS on Wed, 02 October 2019 05:41
		Re: importing data to PSSP which is similar to SPSS By: Mariela Contreras on Wed, 02 October 2019 20:07
		Re: importing data to PSSP which is similar to SPSS By: Trevor-DHS on Thu, 03 October 2019 03:18
		Re: importing data to PSSP which is similar to SPSS By: Mariela Contreras on Thu, 03 October 2019 13:36

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