Computing new variables

- When you enter or import data into SPSS,…you may want to know a person's average score…on a series of variables, but it's usually a good idea…to bring in the raw data, not a summarized version.…That way, you can recode or modify…from the original information.…Also, some procedures, such as calculating…the internal reliability of a questionnaire…require the complete raw data.…Now, once you bring the data in, though,…and recode it as necessary,…you can then compute the average scores…or maximum or spread or whatever interests you.…

Using SPSS as extremely flexible Compute command.…That's what we're going to look at in this particular movie.…Now, what I'm going to do for this example…is I'm going to scroll to the end of the data set here.…And you see that we have a whole collection…of variables about whether a particular person…has a wireless phone, whether they have multiple…lines at home, voicemail, pager.…All the way through whether they own a TV or a VCR.…I actually still own a VCR.…But this lets you know that the data's…