Re: ... is allowed only after the active database has been defined.

[John Darrington]

What you have described should have worked.  But it sounds as if your
GET FILE command was not successful for seom reason.

On Mon, Jul 02, 2012 at 01:35:09PM -0700, nigelscott wrote:
     
     Hi I am new to PSPP.  At the PSPP Windows 7 command prompt I enter get 
file =
     "C:\...\myfile.sav"

Don't forget the . at the end of each command.

     and then get back the prompt.  

What prompt do you get?  You should get "PSPP> "  - If you get anything else, 
you entered the GET FILE
command wrong.

     I now want to run a Mann-Whitney test on the
     data but keep getting the above error when I try to run a test.  Can
     somebody point out the correct syntax for achieving this.

A  command like:
 NPAR TESTS /MANN-WHITNEY score BY grp (1,2).
should work.  Obviously you will have to change score, grp and the group values 
to 
whatever is appropriate for you case.

If you post a paste of your session, it would be easier to give you a more
precise answer.  Also, please mention what version you are running.
     
J'

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