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** The initial code/statements to read in the data to allow  **
** students to complete problem set 2 on composites in SPSS  **
** This is not a full solution.                              **
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**  file:  ps2sps.sps **
**  data:  ps2dat.txt **
**  out:   NA     **


title "SPSS-Problem Set 2 - Composites -- your name".

data list file='a:\ps2dat.txt'
   /x1 1 x2 3 y1 5 y2 7.

matrix.
get x/var=x1 x2.
get y/var=y1 y2.
compute a={3;1}.
compute c={-1;1}.
compute d={2;4}.

** rest of matrix statements etc. go here **

end matrix.