Dear All I am considering moving from SPSS to R as my stats environment of choice. I have read around and everything looks favourable. There is just one issue on which I have been unable to find information. Many clients ask me to send them output (tables, graphs, etc) as an spss output file (ie .spo). I haven't asked them why, I've just said yes. I know R can produce graphics as nice as SPSS, and presumably they can be output in some portable format for pasting into a word-processor document. I need to find out why the client wants spo. In the meantime let's assume they have a good reason. Can R write .spo files? Failing that does any one know of any spo writers that I could wire up to R (eg with some python gluecode)? Failing that any suggestions for overcoming the output hurdle would be welcome, as R looks very attractive (platform independent, easy to use and to automate, fast). Best wishes Ivan
Ivan Uemlianin wrote:> Dear All > > I am considering moving from SPSS to R as my stats environment of > choice. I have read around and everything looks favourable. There is > just one issue on which I have been unable to find information. > > Many clients ask me to send them output (tables, graphs, etc) as an spss > output file (ie .spo). I haven't asked them why, I've just said yes. I > know R can produce graphics as nice as SPSS, and presumably they can be > output in some portable format for pasting into a word-processor > document. I need to find out why the client wants spo. In the meantime > let's assume they have a good reason. > > Can R write .spo files? Failing that does any one know of any spo > writers that I could wire up to R (eg with some python gluecode)? > Failing that any suggestions for overcoming the output hurdle would be > welcome, as R looks very attractive (platform independent, easy to use > and to automate, fast).RSiteSearch("SPSS", restrict="function") shows nothing relevant to *.spo files. I don't think you will ever see an R *.spo writer. You might look into one or more of the following to produce accessible and attractive output for clients: Sweave OdfWeave R2HTML> Best wishes > > Ivan > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.-- Chuck Cleland, Ph.D. NDRI, Inc. 71 West 23rd Street, 8th floor New York, NY 10010 tel: (212) 845-4495 (Tu, Th) tel: (732) 512-0171 (M, W, F) fax: (917) 438-0894
Gabor Grothendieck
2007-Nov-10 13:35 UTC
[R] producing output as *.spo (spss output format)
There is a commercial product Stat/Transfer that I haven't used that includes SPSS and R files on its list of files that it can convert. On Nov 10, 2007 6:04 AM, Ivan Uemlianin <ivan at llaisdy.com> wrote:> Dear All > > I am considering moving from SPSS to R as my stats environment of > choice. I have read around and everything looks favourable. There is > just one issue on which I have been unable to find information. > > Many clients ask me to send them output (tables, graphs, etc) as an spss > output file (ie .spo). I haven't asked them why, I've just said yes. I > know R can produce graphics as nice as SPSS, and presumably they can be > output in some portable format for pasting into a word-processor > document. I need to find out why the client wants spo. In the meantime > let's assume they have a good reason. > > Can R write .spo files? Failing that does any one know of any spo > writers that I could wire up to R (eg with some python gluecode)? > Failing that any suggestions for overcoming the output hurdle would be > welcome, as R looks very attractive (platform independent, easy to use > and to automate, fast). > > Best wishes > > Ivan > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >
Muenchen, Robert A (Bob)
2007-Nov-12 13:41 UTC
[R] producing output as *.spo (spss output format)
You probably don't want to spend time figuring out the .spo format. From SPSS 16 on, that format is obsolete and replaced by the Unicode XML-based .spv file. SPSS 16 users need a separate Legacy Viewer to read .spo files. -Bob ========================================================Bob Muenchen (pronounced Min'-chen), Manager, Statistical Consulting Center U of TN Office of Information Technology Stokely Management Center, Suite 200 916 Volunteer Blvd., Knoxville, TN 37996-0520 Voice: (865) 974-5230 FAX: (865) 974-4810 Email: muenchen at utk.edu Web: http://oit.utk.edu/scc Map: http://www.utk.edu/maps News: http://listserv.utk.edu/archives/statnews.html ========================================================> -----Original Message----- > From: r-help-bounces at r-project.org [mailto:r-help-bounces at r- > project.org] On Behalf Of Ivan Uemlianin > Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 6:04 AM > To: r-help at r-project.org > Subject: [R] producing output as *.spo (spss output format) > > Dear All > > I am considering moving from SPSS to R as my stats environment of > choice. I have read around and everything looks favourable. There is > just one issue on which I have been unable to find information. > > Many clients ask me to send them output (tables, graphs, etc) as an > spss > output file (ie .spo). I haven't asked them why, I've just said yes. > I > know R can produce graphics as nice as SPSS, and presumably they canbe> output in some portable format for pasting into a word-processor > document. I need to find out why the client wants spo. In the > meantime > let's assume they have a good reason. > > Can R write .spo files? Failing that does any one know of any spo > writers that I could wire up to R (eg with some python gluecode)? > Failing that any suggestions for overcoming the output hurdle would be > welcome, as R looks very attractive (platform independent, easy to use > and to automate, fast). > > Best wishes > > Ivan > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting- > guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.