Unless you use statistical software which recognizes the SPSS '.POR' format, you must use the '.DAT' or '.CSV' version of the public use file and define variables and values using the format information below.

Word processing programs cannot be used to analyze this file. Although spreadsheet or database programs may be used to create tables and count records with specific characteristics, the use of these programs with this file is likely to be a slow and cumbersome process. The file may be too large to import into most spreadsheet programs, such as Excel or Quatro Pro. The CSV file may be too large to be opened in most spreadsheet programs such as EXCEL or QUATTRO PRO.Ĭaution: Because of the size of this file, we strongly recommend that analysis be performed using statistical software such as SPSS, SAS, etc.

The '.POR' file can be read by a variety of other statistical packages as well.

A fully functional demo version of SPSS can be downloaded from for a limited time.

With the '.POR' file therefore, you can avoid having to manually format the data.

If you can use the SPSS 'portable' data file, we strongly recommend that you do so to retain the variable names and labels saved in the file.

The SPSS version of the Public-Use File is in the 'portable' format and can be read directly by SPSS regardless of the computer's operating system.

The NPDB Public Use Data Files are available for download in the following three formats: OPTIONAL: You can also use the IcoFX program to create an icon for PSPP and save it as 'appicon.ico' in the AppInfo subdirectory.NPDB Public Use Data File contains selected variables from National Practitioner Data Bank Reports, received from Septemthrough June 30, 2022. You can use the above code to also create an 'appinfo.ini' file for the 64-bit version, if you do a search & replace for '32' with '64'.Ĩ. Within the 'Apps' menu, use the 'Refresh App Icons' option to install PSPP into your PortableApps menu.ħ. The last line of code is critical to point to the proper executable, which happens to be in the 'bin' subdirectory in the software folder.Ħ. txt file).ĭescription=PSPP32 is 32-bit public domain version of the SPSS statistical packageĥ. Create a 'appinfo.ini' file in the AppInfo subdirectory with the following code (make sure that you save it as an. Within the software folder (say PSPP32), create an 'App' directory, and within this create an 'AppInfo' subdirectory.ģ. Copy or install PSPP into a folder in the PortableApps directory (I called mine 'PSPP32' and 'PSPP64', respectively.)Ģ. Actually there are two separate 32-bit and 64-bit versions of PSPP, and I have installed both.ġ. PSPP is a statistical program from the Free Software Foundation that is a very close clone of the commercial SPSS statistical package.

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