How to Fix Your SPSS Truncated Data File
Well, this morning started out annoying, and not just because I had to be at LAX at 8 a.m. I am sitting here trying to analyze an SPSS file someone sent me last night and I get this … Command: CORRELATIONS Incomplete (truncated) SPSS Statistics data file: /Users/annmaria/blahblah.sav Execution of this command stops. I tried the copy I had on a USB drive and my backup copy and got the same thing all over again. Grr. On a moment’s reflection, though, it occurred to me that since SPSS had opened the file and there was just a problem with how the file had been saved – something was missing that identified the end of file, I am guessing – that perhaps it could be fixed by simply saving the file as something else and reading it back in. So … I saved the file as .csv, by just selecting SAVE AS from the FILE menu and selecting csv as the type. Then, I went to FILE and selected READ TEXT DATA, opened the .csv file, accepted all of the defaults and was back in business to merrily analyze away. — all before I boarded my flight. Pretty productive considering that all of the coffee in Columbia could not make me a morning person.
Hi, I am writing my dissertation and im looking at the relationship teacher power (5 dep. variables) has on learner empowerment (3 dep. variables) for ELL students. I read your canonical correlation post Aug. 30 and I am doing a CONCORR on these 2 sets of variables. My question, is CONCORR doable for a small sample size? I keep reading you need 200+ for it. If not, what other procedure can be used on small sample sizes if CONCORR cannot be used? Im sorry ive been typing for 12 hours today. Thank you!
YOU ARE A SAINT! This saved me a lot of frustration. Thank you.