Re: multiple response set

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On 08/01/2015 06:54, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 07, 2015 at 12:32:26AM +0100, F. Thomas wrote:
> > I found the MRSETS command which allows to analyse multiple reponse
> > questions;
> > But the MULT RESPONSE command has not yet been implemented, according to the
> > manual.
> > So how to analyse mult response questions ? What can you do with MRSETS when
> > you have no Mult response frequencies or tables ?
>
> There is no such functionality yet.  MRSETS is implemented to allow the
> .sav file format to be more completely supported, but multiple response
> sets are not otherwise useful.

This is a pity. The multiple response format is a widely used in survey 
research and few stats programs have a proc to analyse them.

Having this opportunity in PSPP would strongly increase its usefulness 
for a wider audience.


> > And what does the cryptic sentence mean (manual p.113)
> > Otherwise, multiple response sets are currently used only by third party
> > software.
> > Could you please be more specific ? Which third party software do you mean ?
>
> Software other than PSPP.

This was already evident to me. But which one ? SPSS ?