R help - Mar 2012 - Export Created Variables to SPSS/.csv

I haven't been successful in converting my colleagues to the world of R yet
they wish to share collected data so that they may analyze it in SPSS.

I know how to write to an SPSS file and it opens fine, but my problem is that it
only includes the existing data - none of the variables I created within R.

The procedure followed thus far:


1.       Collect Data via online system

2.       Online system provides .csv of collected data

3.       Read .csv into R

4.       Analyze data/create variables associated with analyses within R

Now I want to know if there is a way to export the variables I've created
within R into an SPSS-usable file.

Thanks for your help!

-Daniel

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On Mar 26, 2012, at 1:59 PM, Strassburger, Daniel wrote:
> I haven't been successful in converting my colleagues to the world  
> of R yet they wish to share collected data so that they may analyze  
> it in SPSS.
>
> I know how to write to an SPSS file and it opens fine, but my  
> problem is that it only includes the existing data - none of the  
> variables I created within R.
>
> The procedure followed thus far:
>
>
> 1.       Collect Data via online system
>
> 2.       Online system provides .csv of collected data
>
> 3.       Read .csv into R
>
> 4.       Analyze data/create variables associated with analyses  
> within R
>
> Now I want to know if there is a way to export the variables I've  
> created within R into an SPSS-usable file.
Isn't SPSS able to read either CSV or one of the several formats  
supported by functions in package 'foreign'?

?write.foreign

Usage
write.foreign(df, datafile, codefile, package = c("SPSS",
"Stata",
"SAS"), ...)
-- 

David Winsemius, MD
West Hartford, CT

Strassburger, Daniel <Daniel_Strassburger <at> baylor.edu> writes:
> 
> I haven't been successful in converting my colleagues to the world of R
yet
they wish to share collected data
> so that they may analyze it in SPSS.
> 
> I know how to write to an SPSS file and it opens fine, but my problem is
that
it only includes the existing data -
> none of the variables I created within R.
Daniel,

 Apologies if this is too obvious, but have you appended the new variables that
you have created in R to the original dataset before you export in SPSS or .csv
format?  This doesn't happen automatically in R.

Somthing like:

all.data <- data.frame (imported.data, created.variable1, created.variable2,
etc)



Michael Bibo
Queensland Health