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Georgina Naylor posted Fri July 11, 2025 09:57 AM

Third time lucky in posting?

I'm hoping for some wise mind to help please.

I need to run competing risk for survival in my patient cohort. I am hoping to do this using R in SPSS, but this is where I am getting stuck.

I have downloaded all the extensions I can find. I have checked I have the correct version of R and locked its' location in the edit section.

When I type "BEGIN PROGRAM R" ....it doesn't begin and replies _SLINE OFF. or _SLINE 0 3.

Any help/tips very much appreciated (in the simplest terms you can please - am v basic in SPSS, R is something else!)

Thanks,

Georgie

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David Dwyer posted Thu July 17, 2025 05:19 PM

Hi @Georgina Naylor

Since IBM SPSS Statistics 28.0.0.0 was released, the product ships with its own instance of R.  IBM SPSS Statistics versions and R versions are very specific to one another.  You can't mix and Match.

If you are installing IBM SPSS Statistics 28.0.0.0 or later, there is no other installation that needs to be done (with the exception of XQuartz on macOS). Statistics and R should run together right out of the box.  If at some point you need to install an R related SPSS Statistics Extension command, these are available from the Extension Hub withint the client interface and the installer will seek out and install dependencies.

Your errors above seem like a corrupted installation.  I would begin with a clean re-install of IBM SPSS Statistics (28.0 or later, current version is 31.0.0.0) and then test your R instance from there.  If that works, then begin installing Extension Commands as needed.

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