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Pair multiple response sets in SPSS for their direct comparison


In my database, I have 5 multiple dichotomy sets MRST1 to MRST5 (already defined by MRSETS command); where each of the sets consists from the same list of items (item 1 to 10) although from different variables (v1 to v50).

And I want to create a table with direct comparison of the column percentages in such a way that I have the sets in columns (MRST1 to MRST5) and their items (item 1 to 10) in rows.

Already tried using MULT RESPONSE and MRSETS but these do not allow for "item pairing" as far as documentations explains; I've also used CTABLES and CROSSTABS with no success...

Any help on this would be appreciated!


Solution

  • Disregarding the multiple sets definitions, you can get the table you want through some restructure:

    varstocases 
        /make grp1 from v1 to v10
        /make grp2 from v11 to v20
        /make grp3 from v21 to v30
        /make grp4 from v31 to v40
        /make grp5 from v41 to v50/index=vr(grp1)/null=keep.
    means grp1 to grp5 by vr/cells=mean.