Re: SPSS record type 7

[Alan Mead]

On 12/28/2015 11:23 AM, news wrote:

Hi,

I try to import a SPSS sav file from PSPP into the R's RKWARD but get an error message. As I don't know whether this is a SPSS/PSPP or  a R question I first post here. The error message reads:

Warning in read.spss("C:{file name}.sav",  :
("C:{file name}.sav" : Unrecognized record type 7, subtype 18 encountered in system file

I have no clue what a SPSS record type 7 nor its subtypes might be but maybe someone here ?

And if we know what the error message means how to answer it ?

TIA,

ftr

It's an R error, but if you ask them, they'll tell you that lots of people have this trouble:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3136293/read-spss-file-into-r
http://r.789695.n4.nabble.com/read-spss-warning-message-Unrecognized-record-type-7-subtype-18-encountered-in-system-file-td3000775.html

The first link suggests a solution, the second link tells you to ignore the warning.  I get the impression that the PSPP code used in the R foreign package has not been updated in many, many years.

-Alan

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