Hello all,
How to make a changes in spss file without using IBM spss application. I am using Notepad++ to make a change in .sps file and how to run the file as mention in lime survey spss manual

Sorry, it is not clear what you are trying to do.

So you have a SPSS file, correct? What do you want to do with it?

GNU PSPP www.gnu.org/software/pspp/ ?

Hi, siddhantwankar,
well, both files (*.sps and *.dat) are ASCII files which you can edit with each editor.
It's your responsibility if it works afterwards.

The rest is on SPSS side.
Run the *.sps file from the SPSS system.
Regarding this read the SPSS help.

Best regards
Joffm

Hi,
Thanks Joffm, As mention in manual for SPSS importing, I make a change in *.sps in line 5th using notepad++ and save it. Next, File is to be open and run in SPSS system. So i want to know that "What is the use of importing spss file in SPSS system? Is that reports will used in our lime survey application?".

Thanks & Regards
Sid

Hi, siddhantwankar,
now I fear you have no idea what SPSS is. Or? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SPSS

Limesurvey is primarily a data collecting tool.
But not a tool to analyse this data.
To analyse you need something basic like EYCEL, OpenCalc, or... Or something more sophisticated like SPSS, SAS, PSPP, and many more.
This is the use of importing spss file in SPSS system. To be able to do advanced statistics.

Best regards
Joffm

Thanks Joffm,
I really have no idea what is the need of SPSS application as I am new in lime survey.....
Thank you for your suggestion. Is there any other tool for to run SPSS file?...

If you don't know what SPSS is, then you most probably don't need SPSS files.

The SPSS files are a special format to export the collected data from Limesurvey for further analysis in the statistics software SPSS. If you don't know what SPSS is and do not intent to use/learn it, then it makes no sense to think further about this kind of export.

PSPP is a open source clone of SPSS. Of course it lacks some of the features that SPSS has.

holch wrote: ...
PSPP is a open source clone of SPSS. Of course it lacks some of the features that SPSS has.

But have some GREAT feature than SPSS don't have

• Support for over 1 billion cases.
• Support for over 1 billion variables.
• Syntax and data files which are compatible with those of SPSS.
• A choice of terminal or graphical user interface.
• A choice of text, postscript, pdf, opendocument or html output formats.
• Inter-operability with Gnumeric, LibreOffice, OpenOffice.Org and other free software.
• Easy data import from spreadsheets, text files and database sources.
• The capability to open, analyse and edit two or more datasets concurrently. They can also be merged, joined or concatenated.
• A user interface supporting all common character sets and which has been translated to multiple languages.
• Fast statistical procedures, even on very large data sets.
• No license fees.
• No expiration period.
• No unethical “end user license agreements”.
• A fully indexed user manual.
• Freedom ensured; It is licensed under the GPLv3 or later.
• Portability; Runs on many different computers and many different operating systems (GNU or GNU/Linux are the prefered platforms, but we have had many reports that it runs well on other systems too).

www.gnu.org/software/pspp/

Thank you
DenisChenu....