Re: PSPP-BUG: EXAMINE not an option in ANALYZE

[John Darrington]

They are the same command.  If you don't believe me click on "Paste" in the
Explore dialog box.

J'

On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 03:38:45PM +0000, hector morada wrote:
      
     Thanks, John, for the prompt reply!
     But Examine and Explore are two different commands in terms of what these 
do!
     The syntax for Examine, as you know, is as follows:
     EXAMINE
     ?????????????? VARIABLES= var1 [var2] ??? [varN]
     ???????????????????? [BY factor1 [BY subfactor1]
     ???????????????????????? [ factor2 [BY subfactor2]]
     ???????????????????????? ???
     ???????????????????????? [ factor3 [BY subfactor3]]
     ?????????????????????? ]
     ?????????????? /STATISTICS={DESCRIPTIVES, EXTREME[(n)], ALL, NONE}
     ?????????????? /PLOT={BOXPLOT, NPPLOT, HISTOGRAM, SPREADLEVEL[(t)], ALL, 
NONE}
     ?????????????? /CINTERVAL p
     ?????????????? /COMPARE={GROUPS,VARIABLES}
     ?????????????? /ID=identity_variable
     ?????????????? /{TOTAL,NOTOTAL}
     ?????????????? /PERCENTILE=[percentiles]={HAVERAGE, WAVERAGE, ROUND, 
AEMPIRICAL, EMPIRICAL }
     ?????????????? /MISSING={LISTWISE, PAIRWISE} [{EXCLUDE, INCLUDE}]
     ???? ?????? ??[{NOREPORT,REPORT}]
     EXAMINE
     ?????????????? VARIABLES= var1 [var2] ??? [varN]
     ???????????????????? [BY factor1 [BY subfactor1]
     ???????????????????????? [ factor2 [BY subfactor2]]
     ???????????????????????? ???
     ???????????????????????? [ factor3 [BY subfactor3]]
     ?????????????????????? ]
     ?????????????? /STATISTICS={DESCRIPTIVES, EXTREME[(n)], ALL, NONE}
     ?????????????? /PLOT={BOXPLOT, NPPLOT, HISTOGRAM, SPREADLEVEL[(t)], ALL, 
NONE}
     ?????????????? /CINTERVAL p
     ?????????????? /COMPARE={GROUPS,VARIABLES}
     ?????????????? /ID=identity_variable
     ?????????????? /{TOTAL,NOTOTAL}
     ?????????????? /PERCENTILE=[percentiles]={HAVERAGE, WAVERAGE, ROUND, 
AEMPIRICAL, EMPIRICAL }
     ?????????????? /MISSING={LISTWISE, PAIRWISE} [{EXCLUDE, INCLUDE}]
     ???? ?????? ??[{NOREPORT,REPORT}]
     I guess this command is the only one that exhibits the BOXPLOT.
     EXPLORE is limited in this respect.
     Examine and EXPLORE are different.
     But another problem is effected by having EXAMINE as a functioning command 
but is not included in the menu as against EXPLORE which is in the menu but not 
in the manual.
     
     Some students of mine have raised these issues and my only defense is lack 
of knowledge and exposure in the use of PSPP.
     Thanks and I pray that PSPP becomes ever stronger and relevant as the 
challenges of data analysis are becoming more and more challenging.
         On Tuesday, April 13, 2021, 10:25:01 PM GMT+8, John Darrington 
<john@darrington.wattle.id.au> wrote:  
      
      For historical reasons,?? in the GUI, EXAMINE is labelled "Explore".
     
     J'
     
     On Tue, Apr 13, 2021 at 09:45:14AM +0000, hector morada via Bug-gnu-pspp 
wrote:
     ?? ?? Guys,
     ?? ?? 
     ?? ?? I am Hector B. Morada.
     ?? ?? 
     ?? ?? Thanks to you I have been using PSPP for more than a year now for my 
undergrad Social Statistics courses.
     ?? ?? 
     ?? ?? I am using version 1.4.1.
     ?? ?? 
     ?? ?? I am not sure if my concern is right. But the command EXAMINE is in 
the manuals.?? My current version does not present EXAMINE as part of the 
ANALYSE options nor it is part of the sub-options of other descriptive 
statistics commands. However, following the format in the manuals, I am able to 
run EXAMINE in the syntax environment.
     ?? ?? 
     ?? ?? Is examine really excluded in the ANALYZE options?
     ?? ?? 
     ?? ?? Thanks
     
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