To use this program, follow these steps:<ol><li>Open an SPSS syntax window (or another text editor)</li><li>COPY the program below and PASTE it into the editor window</li><li>Edit the program so that the FILE= specification points to where the data file is stored on your system</li><li>Save the modified program file and RUN it using SPSS</li></ol>The program is below this line. If no program is listed, the URL to the EML document may be in error. If the EML file does not include all the information needed, the SPSS program will have errors or be incomplete. <br><hr><pre>Comment Package ID: knb-lter-vcr.10.4 Cataloging System:VCR.
Comment Data set title: Hog and Cobb Island nesting seabird study, part A. 1990.
Comment  Data set creator:  Ruth Beck -  
Comment  Metadata Provider:    - Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research Project 
Comment  Contact: Dr. Linda Blum -    - lkb2e@virginia.edu
Comment  Contact:    - Information manager - Virginia Coast Reserve Long-Term Ecological Research Project   - jporter@lternet.edu
        
        
Title ' Hog and Cobb Island nesting seabird study, part A. 1990' . 

Comment You should replace 'PUT-LOCAL-PATH-TO-DATA-FILE-HERE'  (below) with the appropriate path.   
Comment    to your data file (e.g., c:\mydata\datafile.txt).                 
GET DATA  /TYPE=TXT/
               / FILE="PUT-LOCAL-PATH-TO-DATA-FILE-HERE" 
                        /ARRANGEMENT=Fixed 
                    /VARIABLES= 
                    ISLAND 0-3 A  SPECID 7-12 A  AGE 16-16 A  MONTH 20-21 F2.0 DAY 22-23 F2.0 YEAR 24-25 F2.0 COUNT 29-32 F4.0 .
execute.                
                

                
VAR LABELS   ISLAND 'Island where doing bird censuses- ' .
VAR LABELS   SPECID 'Species ID- ' .
VAR LABELS   AGE 'Age of bird- ' .
VAR LABELS   MONTH 'Month of census- MM' .
VAR LABELS   DAY 'Day of census- DD' .
VAR LABELS   YEAR 'Year of census- YY' .
VAR LABELS   COUNT 'Numbers of birds or nests seen- none' .
                
                
comment The analyses below are basic descriptions of the variables. After testing, they should be replaced.                 
        
                 
Frequencies   variables=ISLAND /order=analysis.  
Frequencies   variables=SPECID /order=analysis.  
Frequencies   variables=AGE /order=analysis.  
Descriptives   variables=MONTH .  
Descriptives   variables=DAY .  
Descriptives   variables=YEAR .  
Descriptives   variables=COUNT . 
Execute. 
                
                  
COMMENT List cases where data is out of range.  
COMMENT Note: if no out of range cases are detected, the variable names will be listed, but no actual cases.  
TEMPORARY .               
STRING BADVARS (A255).
IF ((NOT MISSING(MONTH)) AND (MONTH LT 1)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "MONTH","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(MONTH)) AND (MONTH GT 12)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "MONTH","-max").
IF ((NOT MISSING(DAY)) AND (DAY LT 1)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "DAY","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(DAY)) AND (DAY GT 31)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "DAY","-max").
IF ((NOT MISSING(YEAR)) AND (YEAR LT 0)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "YEAR","-min").
IF ((NOT MISSING(YEAR)) AND (YEAR GT 99)) BADVARS=CONCAT(RTRIM(BADVARS)," ", "YEAR","-max").
SELECT IF (BADVARS NE ""). 
LIST VARIABLES=ALL.
Execute.                 
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