Programming & Scientific Computing · Statistical & BI Software

SPSS: Special topics and advanced programming

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Introduction

What this guide covers

Introduction Multivariate Analysis · Systems Automation

Overview

Topics covered

  • Introduction
  • Special Topics in IBM SPSS
  • Advanced Syntax Programming
  • Complex iterative structures: LOOP and VECTOR
  • Scratch Variables (#) and System Variables ($)
  • The Macro Facility in SPSS

Related concepts

Main connections

  • Missing data & multiple imputation
  • Bootstrap resampling
  • Survival analysis & Kaplan-Meier
  • Mean & expected value
  • Linear algebra & matrices
  • Variance & standard deviation

Compatible notation

Mathematical sample in LaTeX

The expression is rendered accessibly, with its LaTeX source preserved below.

𝐲=𝐗𝛃+𝐙𝐮+ϵ
View LaTeX source\mathbf{y} = \mathbf{X}\boldsymbol{\beta} + \mathbf{Z}\mathbf{u} + \boldsymbol{\epsilon}