Sometimes, if one has two variables using different scale or number values, if one wants to combine them into a single unified variable, one can "normalize" each of the variables by recalibrating them on a common scale (say, their value on a scale of 100).  then the two variables assume a common metric.  how can one accomplish this normalization of variables on SPSS?

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Jeffrey Broadbent
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#SPSSStatistics

See the DESCRIPTIVES procedure, particularly its /SAVE subcommand. That will create z-scores. You can then use COMPUTE commands to make new variables with any mean and SD you like.

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Rick Marcantonio
Quality Assurance
IBM
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Original Message:
Sent: Fri October 28, 2022 07:21 PM
From: Jeffrey Broadbent
Subject: normalization of variable values

Sometimes, if one has two variables using different scale or number values, if one wants to combine them into a single unified variable, one can "normalize" each of the variables by recalibrating them on a common scale (say, their value on a scale of 100).  then the two variables assume a common metric.  how can one accomplish this normalization of variables on SPSS?

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Jeffrey Broadbent
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#SPSSStatistics

Original Message:
Sent: 10/30/2022 12:33:00 AM
From: Rick Marcantonio
Subject: RE: normalization of variable values

See the DESCRIPTIVES procedure, particularly its /SAVE subcommand. That will create z-scores. You can then use COMPUTE commands to make new variables with any mean and SD you like.

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Rick Marcantonio
Quality Assurance
IBM
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Original Message:
Sent: Fri October 28, 2022 07:21 PM
From: Jeffrey Broadbent
Subject: normalization of variable values

Sometimes, if one has two variables using different scale or number values, if one wants to combine them into a single unified variable, one can "normalize" each of the variables by recalibrating them on a common scale (say, their value on a scale of 100).  then the two variables assume a common metric.  how can one accomplish this normalization of variables on SPSS?

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Jeffrey Broadbent
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#SPSSStatistics