Programming & Scientific Computing · Statistical & BI Software

SPSS: Programming, syntax, and advanced automation

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Introduction

What this guide covers

Introduction // SPSS Statistical Computing · Total Control Environment

Overview

Topics covered

  • Introduction
  • SPSS Syntax, Programming and Automation
  • Internal Architecture and the Active Dataset
  • Difference between transformation commands and procedure commands
  • Three-Valued Logic and the Active File System
  • Structured Data Ingestion

Related concepts

Main connections

  • Survival analysis & Kaplan-Meier
  • Median & robust location
  • Residual analysis & diagnostics
  • Outliers & influence diagnostics
  • Preprocessing pipelines & transform recipes
  • Bootstrap resampling

Compatible notation

Mathematical sample in LaTeX

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If A=True,B=System-Missing⟹A AND B=System-Missing
View LaTeX source\text{If } A = \text{True}, \quad B = \text{System-Missing} \quad \Longrightarrow \quad A \text{ AND } B = \text{System-Missing}