Import from SPSS - Continuous variables & levels?

[serjio]

Hi,
for the first time in my career I have hope that there is a stats programme that does not make my students give up before they start (unlike SPSS).

Just one question though: When importing data from spss, for continuous variables the levels do not copy over (e.g. likert scale, 1-5, 1= strongly agree etc.).

Is there a way around that?https://snaptube.cam/https://9apps.cam/

Can I batch copy levels to multiple variables at once? It would be impractical to manually enter these for a large data set for each variable.

And if I leave the levels empty, how does that affect my analyses? Will I still get meaningful results tables?


I know this has been discussed somewhere else in the past, but I wonder if there is an update, and whether you have some practical advice on how to do that.

Thanks a lot in advance.

[jonathon]

hi,

Just one question though: When importing data from spss, for continuous variables the levels do not copy over (e.g. likert scale, 1-5, 1= strongly agree etc.).

levels should come through intact. if that isn't the case, then submit a bug report with the .sav file on our issues page: https://github.com/jamovi/jamovi/issues

(in the case that you're importing a continuous variable with levels, we assume that's a mistake, and we convert that variable to ordinal -- but still with it's levels).

Can I batch copy levels to multiple variables at once? It would be impractical to manually enter these for a large data set for each variable.

you can select multiple columns at once, and adjust all the levels at once.

And if I leave the levels empty, how does that affect my analyses? Will I still get meaningful results tables?

it's not possible for continuous variables to have levels. it's not possible for nominal or ordinal variables to *not* have levels in jamovi.

let me know if you have any other questions.

jonathon