Using SPSS Macros can save an incredible amount of time. They have a somewhat-steep learning curve but are definitely worth it! This is a short overview of the strength of using a macro to run the descriptives command.
Word of warning, make sure you re-define your macro before calling it. This is an easy step to forget and you can waste a lot of time.
SPSS Macro Code
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DEFINE !Describer (Buy2 !TOKENS (1) / Title !Tokens (1) / ord !Tokens (1) /Varys !CMDEND)
Desc !Varys /sort (!ORD) /stats Mean.
script "B:\SPSS\Scripts\S1\Swap Mean.SBS".
Script "B:\SPSS\Scripts\Change N to Count.SBS".
Script "B:\SPSS\Scripts\Parse\Move Row.sbs"("Other").
Script "B:\SPSS\Scripts\Parse\Move Row.sbs"("None of the above").
script 'B:\SPSS\Scripts\Parse\Change Title.sbs' (!Title).
Script "B:\SPSS\Scripts\S1\Size labels to avoid line-wrapping.sbs".
!ENDDEFINE.
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/*!Describer Buy2=XXX Ord=a Title="Title" Varys= Var1 Var2.
Video tutorials demonstrating the usage of the SPSS Macro
Additional SPSS macro links
A great resource to use and learn macros is Raynald Levesque’s site. This page is his intro to macros page and this one walks through writing one. He also has a great library of them located here.
Learning Macros | Raynald’s SPSS Tools
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