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* PSPP: (pspp).             Statistical analysis package.
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   PSPP, for statistical analysis of sampled data, by Ben Pfaff.

   This file documents PSPP, a statistical package for analysis of
sampled data that uses a command language compatible with SPSS.

   Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc.

   This version of the PSPP documentation is consistent with version 2
of "texinfo.tex".

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File: pspp.info,  Node: Concept Index,  Next: Command Index,  Prev: Function Index,  Up: Top

Concept Index
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* Menu:

* ":                                     Tokens.
* "is defined as":                       BNF.
* $CASENUM:                              System Variables.
* $DATE:                                 System Variables.
* $JDATE:                                System Variables.
* $LENGTH:                               System Variables.
* $SYSMIS:                               System Variables.
* $TIME:                                 System Variables.
* $WIDTH:                                System Variables.
* &:                                     Logical Operators.
* ':                                     Tokens.
* (:                                     Functions.
* (  ):                                  Grouping Operators.
* ):                                     Functions.
* *:                                     Arithmetic Operators.
* **:                                    Arithmetic Operators.
* +:                                     Arithmetic Operators.
* -:                                     Arithmetic Operators.
* . <1>:                                 BNF.
* .:                                     Tokens.
* /:                                     Arithmetic Operators.
* /pub/algorithms/c/julcal10:            Credits.
* /usr/local/bin/:                       UNIX installation.
* /usr/local/info/:                      UNIX installation.
* /usr/local/share/pspp/:                UNIX installation.
* 0:                                     Tokens.
* ::=:                                   BNF.
* <:                                     Relational Operators.
* <=:                                    Relational Operators.
* <>:                                    Relational Operators.
* =:                                     Relational Operators.
* >:                                     Relational Operators.
* >=:                                    Relational Operators.
* [  ]:                                  Commands.
* `Cat's Cradle':                        Credits.
* absolute value:                        Miscellaneous Mathematics.
* active file:                           Files.
* addition:                              Arithmetic Operators.
* AND:                                   Logical Operators.
* arccosine:                             Trigonometry.
* arcsine:                               Trigonometry.
* arctangent:                            Trigonometry.
* arguments, invalid <1>:                Date Construction.
* arguments, invalid:                    Time & Date.
* arguments, minimum valid:              Statistical Functions.
* arguments, of date construction functions: Date Construction.
* arguments, of date extraction functions: Date Extraction.
* arithmetic operators:                  Arithmetic Operators.
* attributes of variables:               Attributes.
* authors:                               Credits.
* Backus-Naur Form:                      BNF.
* BNF:                                   BNF.
* Boolean <1>:                           Logical Operators.
* Boolean:                               Booleans.
* case conversion:                       String Functions.
* case-sensitivity:                      Tokens.
* characters, reserved:                  Tokens.
* coefficient of variation:              Statistical Functions.
* command file:                          Files.
* command line, options:                 Invocation.
* command syntax, description of:        BNF.
* commands, names:                       Commands.
* commands, ordering:                    Order of Commands.
* commands, structure:                   Commands.
* compiler, gcc:                         Installation.
* compiler, recommended:                 Installation.
* compiling:                             UNIX installation.
* concatenation:                         String Functions.
* conditionals:                          Conditionals and Looping.
* config.h:                              UNIX installation.
* configuration:                         Configuration.
* configure, GNU:                        UNIX installation.
* constructing dates:                    Date Construction.
* constructing times:                    Time Construction.
* control flow:                          Conditionals and Looping.
* convention, TO:                        Sets of Variables.
* cosine:                                Trigonometry.
* Covington, Michael A.:                 Credits.
* credits:                               Credits.
* cross-case function:                   Miscellaneous Functions.
* data:                                  Data Input and Output.
* data file:                             Files.
* data, embedding in syntax files:       DATA LIST.
* Data, embedding in syntax files:       BEGIN DATA.
* data, fixed-format, reading:           DATA LIST FIXED.
* data, reading from a file:             DATA LIST.
* date examination:                      Date Extraction.
* date, Julian:                          Miscellaneous Functions.
* dates:                                 Time & Date.
* dates, concepts:                       Time & Date Concepts.
* dates, constructing:                   Date Construction.
* dates, day of the month:               Date Extraction.
* dates, day of the week:                Date Extraction.
* dates, day of the year:                Date Extraction.
* dates, day-month-year:                 Date Construction.
* dates, in days:                        Date Extraction.
* dates, in hours:                       Date Extraction.
* dates, in minutes:                     Date Extraction.
* dates, in months:                      Date Extraction.
* dates, in quarters:                    Date Extraction.
* dates, in seconds:                     Date Extraction.
* dates, in weekdays:                    Date Extraction.
* dates, in weeks:                       Date Extraction.
* dates, in years:                       Date Extraction.
* dates, legal range of:                 Time & Date.
* dates, mathematical properties of:     Time & Date Concepts.
* dates, month-year:                     Date Construction.
* dates, quarter-year:                   Date Construction.
* dates, time of day:                    Date Extraction.
* dates, week-year:                      Date Construction.
* dates, year-day:                       Date Construction.
* day of the month:                      Date Extraction.
* day of the week:                       Date Extraction.
* day of the year:                       Date Extraction.
* day-month-year:                        Date Construction.
* days <1>:                              Date Extraction.
* days <2>:                              Time Extraction.
* days:                                  Time Construction.
* delimiters:                            Tokens.
* description of command syntax:         BNF.
* deviation, standard:                   Statistical Functions.
* distribution:                          License.
* division:                              Arithmetic Operators.
* documentation, installing:             UNIX installation.
* dot, terminal <1>:                     BNF.
* dot, terminal <2>:                     Commands.
* dot, terminal:                         Tokens.
* dot, terminal, changing:               Tokens.
* embedding data in syntax files:        DATA LIST.
* Embedding data in syntax files:        BEGIN DATA.
* embedding fixed-format data:           DATA LIST FIXED.
* EQ:                                    Relational Operators.
* equality, testing:                     Relational Operators.
* examination, of times:                 Time Extraction.
* exponentiation:                        Arithmetic Operators.
* expression:                            BNF.
* expressions, mathematical:             Expressions.
* extraction, of dates:                  Date Extraction.
* extraction, of time:                   Time Extraction.
* false:                                 Logical Operators.
* features, not implemented:             Functions Not Implemented.
* file, active:                          Files.
* file, command:                         Files.
* file, data:                            Files.
* file, output:                          Files.
* file, syntax file:                     Files.
* files, PSPP:                           Introduction.
* fixed-format data, reading:            DATA LIST FIXED.
* flow of control:                       Conditionals and Looping.
* Free Software Foundation <1>:          License.
* Free Software Foundation:              Introduction.
* ftp.cdrom.com:                         Credits.
* function, cross-case:                  Miscellaneous Functions.
* functions:                             Functions.
* functions, miscellaneous:              Miscellaneous Functions.
* functions, missing-value:              Missing Value Functions.
* functions, not implemented:            Functions Not Implemented.
* functions, statistical:                Statistical Functions.
* functions, string:                     String Functions.
* functions, time & date:                Time & Date.
* gcc:                                   Installation.
* GE:                                    Relational Operators.
* General Public License:                License.
* Ghostscript:                           Introduction.
* GNU C compiler:                        Installation.
* GNU configure:                         UNIX installation.
* GNU General Public License:            License.
* GPL:                                   License.
* graphics:                              Introduction.
* greater than:                          Relational Operators.
* greater than or equal to:              Relational Operators.
* grouping operators:                    Grouping Operators.
* GT:                                    Relational Operators.
* hexstrings:                            Tokens.
* hours <1>:                             Date Extraction.
* hours:                                 Time Extraction.
* hours-minutes-seconds:                 Time Construction.
* identifiers:                           Tokens.
* inequality, testing:                   Relational Operators.
* input:                                 Data Input and Output.
* installation <1>:                      UNIX installation.
* installation:                          Installation.
* installation, under MS-DOS:            MS-DOS installation.
* installation, under UNIX:              UNIX installation.
* integer:                               BNF.
* integers:                              Tokens.
* intersection, logical:                 Logical Operators.
* introduction:                          Introduction.
* invalid arguments:                     Time & Date.
* inverse cosine:                        Trigonometry.
* inverse sine:                          Trigonometry.
* inverse tangent:                       Trigonometry.
* inversion, logical:                    Logical Operators.
* invocation:                            Invocation.
* julcal.c:                              Credits.
* julcal.h:                              Credits.
* Julian date:                           Miscellaneous Functions.
* keywords <1>:                          BNF.
* keywords:                              Tokens.
* keywords, reserved:                    Tokens.
* Knuth:                                 Pseudo-Random Numbers.
* labels, value:                         Attributes.
* labels, variable:                      Attributes.
* language, command structure:           Commands.
* language, lexical analysis:            Tokens.
* language, PSPP <1>:                    Language.
* language, PSPP:                        Introduction.
* language, tokens:                      Tokens.
* LE:                                    Relational Operators.
* less than:                             Relational Operators.
* less than or equal to:                 Relational Operators.
* lexemes:                               Tokens.
* lexical analysis:                      Tokens.
* license:                               License.
* logarithms:                            Advanced Mathematics.
* logical intersection:                  Logical Operators.
* logical inversion:                     Logical Operators.
* logical operators:                     Logical Operators.
* logical union:                         Logical Operators.
* loops:                                 Conditionals and Looping.
* LT:                                    Relational Operators.
* makedj2.bat:                           MS-DOS installation.
* makefile:                              UNIX installation.
* Makefile:                              UNIX installation.
* mathematical expressions:              Expressions.
* mathematics:                           Functions.
* mathematics, advanced:                 Advanced Mathematics.
* mathematics, applied to times & dates: Time & Date Concepts.
* mathematics, miscellaneous:            Miscellaneous Mathematics.
* maximum:                               Statistical Functions.
* mean:                                  Statistical Functions.
* membership, of set:                    Set Membership.
* minimum:                               Statistical Functions.
* minimum valid number of arguments:     Statistical Functions.
* Minton, Claire:                        Credits.
* minutes <1>:                           Date Extraction.
* minutes:                               Time Extraction.
* missing values <1>:                    Missing Value Functions.
* missing values <2>:                    Attributes.
* missing values:                        Missing Observations.
* modulus:                               Miscellaneous Mathematics.
* modulus, by 10:                        Miscellaneous Mathematics.
* month-year:                            Date Construction.
* months:                                Date Extraction.
* MS-DOS, installing PSPP under:         MS-DOS installation.
* multiplication:                        Arithmetic Operators.
* names, of functions:                   Functions.
* names, variable:                       Tokens.
* NE:                                    Relational Operators.
* negation:                              Arithmetic Operators.
* nonterminals:                          BNF.
* NOT:                                   Logical Operators.
* not implemented:                       Functions Not Implemented.
* number:                                BNF.
* numbers:                               Tokens.
* numbers, converting from strings:      String Functions.
* numbers, converting to strings:        String Functions.
* obligations, your:                     License.
* operations, order of:                  Order of Operations.
* operator precedence:                   Order of Operations.
* operators <1>:                         Functions.
* operators <2>:                         BNF.
* operators:                             Tokens.
* operators, arithmetic:                 Arithmetic Operators.
* operators, grouping:                   Grouping Operators.
* operators, logical:                    Logical Operators.
* options, command-line:                 Invocation.
* OR:                                    Logical Operators.
* order of commands:                     Order of Commands.
* order of operations:                   Order of Operations.
* output:                                Data Input and Output.
* output file:                           Files.
* output, PSPP:                          Introduction.
* padding strings:                       String Functions.
* parentheses <1>:                       Functions.
* parentheses:                           Grouping Operators.
* period:                                Tokens.
* Pfaff, Ben:                            Credits.
* portability:                           Tokens.
* PostScript:                            Introduction.
* precedence, operator:                  Order of Operations.
* pref.h:                                UNIX installation.
* print format:                          Attributes.
* productions:                           BNF.
* pseudo-random numbers (see random numbers): Pseudo-Random Numbers.
* PSPP language:                         Introduction.
* PSPP, command structure:               Commands.
* PSPP, configuring:                     Configuration.
* PSPP, installing <1>:                  UNIX installation.
* PSPP, installing:                      Installation.
* PSPP, invoking:                        Invocation.
* PSPP, language:                        Language.
* punctuation:                           Tokens.
* punctuators:                           BNF.
* quarter-year:                          Date Construction.
* quarters:                              Date Extraction.
* quotations:                            Credits.
* random numbers:                        Pseudo-Random Numbers.
* random numbers, normally-distributed:  Pseudo-Random Numbers.
* random numbers, uniformly-distributed: Pseudo-Random Numbers.
* reading data from a file:              DATA LIST.
* reading fixed-format data:             DATA LIST FIXED.
* reals:                                 Tokens.
* redistribution:                        License.
* reserved keywords:                     Tokens.
* rights, your:                          License.
* rounding:                              Miscellaneous Mathematics.
* searching strings:                     String Functions.
* seconds <1>:                           Date Extraction.
* seconds:                               Time Extraction.
* self-tests, running:                   UNIX installation.
* set membership:                        Set Membership.
* sine:                                  Trigonometry.
* square roots:                          Advanced Mathematics.
* standard deviation:                    Statistical Functions.
* start symbol:                          BNF.
* statistics:                            Statistical Functions.
* string:                                BNF.
* string functions:                      String Functions.
* strings:                               Tokens.
* strings, case of:                      String Functions.
* strings, concatenation of:             String Functions.
* strings, converting from numbers:      String Functions.
* strings, converting to numbers:        String Functions.
* strings, finding length of:            String Functions.
* strings, padding:                      String Functions.
* strings, searching backwards:          String Functions.
* strings, taking substrings of:         String Functions.
* strings, trimming:                     String Functions.
* subcommands:                           Commands.
* substrings:                            String Functions.
* subtraction:                           Arithmetic Operators.
* sum:                                   Statistical Functions.
* symbol, start:                         BNF.
* syntax file:                           Files.
* system variables:                      System Variables.
* system-missing:                        Logical Operators.
* tangent:                               Trigonometry.
* terminal dot <1>:                      BNF.
* terminal dot <2>:                      Commands.
* terminal dot:                          Tokens.
* terminal dot, changing:                Tokens.
* terminals:                             BNF.
* terminals and nonterminals, differences: BNF.
* testing for equality:                  Relational Operators.
* testing for inequality:                Relational Operators.
* time:                                  Date Extraction.
* time examination:                      Time Extraction.
* time, concepts:                        Time & Date Concepts.
* time, in days <1>:                     Date Extraction.
* time, in days <2>:                     Time Extraction.
* time, in days:                         Time Construction.
* time, in hours <1>:                    Date Extraction.
* time, in hours:                        Time Extraction.
* time, in hours-minutes-seconds:        Time Construction.
* time, in minutes <1>:                  Date Extraction.
* time, in minutes:                      Time Extraction.
* time, in seconds <1>:                  Date Extraction.
* time, in seconds:                      Time Extraction.
* time, instants of:                     Time & Date Concepts.
* time, intervals:                       Time & Date Concepts.
* time, lengths of:                      Time Extraction.
* time, mathematical properties of:      Time & Date Concepts.
* times:                                 Time & Date.
* times, constructing:                   Time Construction.
* times, in days:                        Date Extraction.
* TO:                                    Sets of Variables.
* TO convention:                         Sets of Variables.
* tokens:                                Tokens.
* trigonometry:                          Trigonometry.
* true:                                  Logical Operators.
* truncation:                            Miscellaneous Mathematics.
* type of variables:                     Attributes.
* union, logical:                        Logical Operators.
* UNIX, installing PSPP under:           UNIX installation.
* value labels:                          Attributes.
* values, Boolean:                       Booleans.
* values, missing <1>:                   Missing Value Functions.
* values, missing <2>:                   Attributes.
* values, missing:                       Missing Observations.
* values, system-missing:                Logical Operators.
* Van Zandt, James:                      Credits.
* var-list:                              BNF.
* var-name:                              BNF.
* variable labels:                       Attributes.
* variable names:                        Tokens.
* variable names, ending with period:    Tokens.
* variables:                             Variables.
* variables, attributes of:              Attributes.
* variables, system:                     System Variables.
* variables, type:                       Attributes.
* variables, width:                      Attributes.
* variance:                              Statistical Functions.
* variation, coefficient of:             Statistical Functions.
* Vonnegut, Kurt, Jr.:                   Credits.
* week:                                  Date Extraction.
* week-year:                             Date Construction.
* weekday:                               Date Extraction.
* whitespace:                            Tokens.
* whitespace, trimming:                  String Functions.
* width of variables:                    Attributes.
* write format:                          Attributes.
* X':                                    Tokens.
* year-day:                              Date Construction.
* years:                                 Date Extraction.
* your rights and obligations:           License.
* |:                                     Logical Operators.
* ~:                                     Logical Operators.
* ~=:                                    Relational Operators.


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Command Index
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* Menu:

* *:                                     COMMENT.
* @:                                     INCLUDE.
* ADD VALUE LABELS:                      ADD VALUE LABELS.
* AGGREGATE:                             AGGREGATE.
* APPLY DICTIONARY:                      APPLY DICTIONARY.
* AUTORECODE:                            AUTORECODE.
* BEGIN DATA:                            BEGIN DATA.
* BREAK:                                 BREAK.
* CLEAR TRANSFORMATIONS:                 CLEAR TRANSFORMATIONS.
* COMMENT:                               COMMENT.
* DATA LIST:                             DATA LIST.
* DATA LIST FIXED:                       DATA LIST FIXED.
* DATA LIST FREE:                        DATA LIST FREE.
* DATA LIST LIST:                        DATA LIST LIST.
* DISPLAY:                               DISPLAY.
* DISPLAY DOCUMENTS:                     DISPLAY DOCUMENTS.
* DISPLAY FILE LABEL:                    DISPLAY FILE LABEL.
* DISPLAY VECTORS:                       DISPLAY VECTORS.
* DO IF:                                 DO IF.
* DO REPEAT:                             DO REPEAT.
* DOCUMENT:                              DOCUMENT.
* DROP DOCUMENTS:                        DROP DOCUMENTS.
* END CASE:                              END CASE.
* END DATA:                              BEGIN DATA.
* END FILE:                              END FILE.
* EXECUTE:                               EXECUTE.
* EXPORT:                                EXPORT.
* FILE HANDLE:                           FILE HANDLE.
* FILE LABEL:                            FILE LABEL.
* FILTER:                                FILTER.
* FLIP:                                  FLIP.
* FORMATS:                               FORMATS.
* GET:                                   GET.
* IMPORT:                                IMPORT.
* INCLUDE:                               INCLUDE.
* INPUT PROGRAM:                         INPUT PROGRAM.
* LEAVE:                                 LEAVE.
* LIST:                                  LIST.
* LOOP:                                  LOOP.
* MATCH FILES:                           MATCH FILES.
* MATRIX DATA:                           MATRIX DATA.
* MISSING VALUES:                        MISSING VALUES.
* MODIFY VARS:                           MODIFY VARS.
* N OF CASES:                            N OF CASES.
* NEW FILE:                              NEW FILE.
* NUMERIC:                               NUMERIC.
* PRINT:                                 PRINT.
* PRINT EJECT:                           PRINT EJECT.
* PRINT FORMATS:                         PRINT FORMATS.
* PRINT SPACE:                           PRINT SPACE.
* PROCESS IF:                            PROCESS IF.
* QUIT:                                  QUIT.
* RENAME VARIABLES:                      RENAME VARIABLES.
* REPEATING DATA:                        REPEATING DATA.
* REREAD:                                REREAD.
* SAMPLE:                                SAMPLE.
* SAVE:                                  SAVE.
* SELECT IF:                             SELECT IF.
* SET:                                   SET.
* SORT CASES:                            SORT CASES.
* SPLIT FILE:                            SPLIT FILE.
* STRING:                                STRING.
* SUBTITLE:                              SUBTITLE.
* SYSFILE INFO:                          SYSFILE INFO.
* TEMPORARY:                             TEMPORARY.
* TITLE:                                 TITLE.
* VALUE LABELS:                          VALUE LABELS.
* VARIABLE LABELS:                       VARIABLE LABELS.
* VECTOR:                                VECTOR.
* WEIGHT:                                WEIGHT.
* WRITE:                                 WRITE.
* WRITE FORMATS:                         WRITE FORMATS.
* XSAVE:                                 XSAVE.


