IBM® SPSS® Amos™ 28
Specifies the data file, and begins the model specification for a single group.
Syntax
object.BeginGroupEx (dbFormat, fileName, tableName)
object.BeginGroupEx (dbFormat, fileName, tableName, groupingVariable, groupingValue)
The BeginGroupEx method syntax has the following parts:
Part |
Description |
object |
An object of type AmosEngine. |
dbFormat |
A database format specifier. |
fileName |
Name of a data file. |
tableName |
Name of a data table within the data file. Required for database formats, such as Excel 5, Excel 97 and Access, in which a file can contain multiple data tables. Must be the empty string ("") for database formats, such as Excel 4, dbase and SPSS Statistics, for which a file can contain only a single data table. |
groupingVariable |
GroupingVariable and GroupingValue are optional. Together they select a subset of cases from the data file for analysis. The analysis includes those cases for which the variable named VariableName takes on the value GroupingValue. |
groupingValue |
See GroupingVariable above. |
Placement: [2].
Settings
The settings for DbFormat are:
Constant |
Value |
Description |
mmDBASE3 |
0 |
Dbase III |
mmDBASE4 |
1 |
Dbase IV |
mmDBASE5 |
2 |
Dbase V |
mmEXCEL3 |
3 |
Excel 3 |
mmEXCEL4 |
4 |
Excel 4 |
mmEXCEL5 |
5 |
Excel 5, Excel 7 |
mmEXCEL97 |
6 |
Excel 97, Excel 8 |
mmFOXPRO20 |
7 |
Foxpro 2.0 |
mmFOXPRO25 |
8 |
Foxpro 2.5 |
mmFOXPRO26 |
9 |
Foxpro 2.6 |
mmLOTUSWK1 |
11 |
Lotus *.wk1 |
mmLOTUSWK3 |
12 |
Lotus *.wk3 |
mmLOTUSWK4 |
13 |
Lotus *.wk4 |
mmAccess |
14 |
Microsoft Access |
mmSPSS |
18 |
SPSS Statistics |
mmText |
19 |
Text |
See Also
