Question

SAVE OUTFILE = ‘\\Client\H$\Desktop\car.sav'.

explains what this part does in SPSS

Answer 1

The OUTPUT command provide the ability to programmatically mange 1 or more output .These functions allow you to save an output through syntax .The OUTPUT SAVE command saves the contents of an open output file.

The basic specification for OUTPUT SAVE is the command name followed by a file specification for the destination file

For example-

Example

OUTPUT OPEN FILE='/examples/output/Q1Output.spv'.  
GET FILE='/examples/data/March.sav'.
FREQUENCIES VARIABLES=ALL.
OUTPUT SAVE OUTFILE=‘\\Client\H$\Desktop\car.sav'.

Execution steps-

1.OUTPUT OPEN opens the Viewer document /examples/output/Q1Output.spv. The document contains summaries for the months of January and February.

2.GET opens a file containing new data for March.

3.FREQUENCIES produces frequencies for March data, which are appended to the designated output document.

4.OUTPUT SAVE saves the contents of the designated output document to /examples/output/Q1Output.spv, which now contains results for the entire first quarter.

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