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SHS Lite - User Guide: A guide to using the Scottish Household Survey simplified dataset
9. SPSS Syntax
This feature of the product can be used to help you save time when analysing your data, particularly if you are continually performing the same types of analysis on similar sets of data.
SPSS syntax provides a method for you to control the product without navigating through dialog boxes. Instead, you control the application through syntax-based commands. Nearly every action you can achieve through the user interface can also be achieved through syntax.
9.1 Creating Syntax
The easiest way to create syntax is to use the Paste button located on most dialog boxes. The following example looks at creating a frequency table.
Figure 126 - Syntax editor
! Note | You can use this syntax alone or add it to a larger syntax file. |
9.2 Saving a Syntax File
To save a syntax file:
9.3 Opening a Syntax File
To open a syntax file:
! Note | When you paste syntax, it will be pasted in the currently open syntax file. |
9.4 Running Syntax
To run syntax:
! Note | You can also press [Ctrl] + R to run the current syntax. |
The viewer window will now open to display the output for the syntax (see Figure 128).
Figure 127 - Selected syntax
Figure 128 - Output for selected syntax
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