Re: PSPP does not allow data entry

[Ryoko Yamamoto]

Hi Friedrich,

Thank you for your reply. Sorry it took me a while to get OS info from students.

One student uses Mac OS Mojave (I also use PSPP on Mojave without a problem) 
and another student uses Windows 10.

PSPP Version: The Mac student uses pspp-1.2.0-2.dmg and Windows student uses 
2019-11-09-Daily-32bit, both the latest stable versions released in Nov 2019

I Zoomed with the student using Windows today and saw her problems via shared 
screen. She was able to enter Value Labels, but when she tries to enter a 
Label, PSPP would delete it. When she tried to enter something in Data View, 
the cell reverted back to blank when she hit enter. She was unable to change 
decimal points either. However, she was able to create a new variable with a 
label through a recoding process.

I would appreciate if you could help us a clue to solve this mystery.

Thank you,

Ryoko

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Ryoko Yamamoto, Ph.D
Associate Professor, Sociology Department
Acting Associate Director of Academic Assessment
SUNY Old Westbury
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From: Friedrich Beckmann <address@hidden>
Sent: Wednesday, April 8, 2020 1:54 AM
To: Ryoko Yamamoto <address@hidden>
Cc: address@hidden <address@hidden>
Subject: Re: PSPP does not allow data entry

Hi Ryoko,

could you say which version of pspp and which exact operating system version 
you are using?

Regards

Friedrich

> Am 08.04.2020 um 07:52 schrieb Ryoko Yamamoto <address@hidden>:
>
> Greetings,
>
> I use PSPP in my class and two of my students are experiencing the same 
> problem. When they type in a number in a cell in the data view and hit enter, 
> PSPP wipes out the number (does not even leave . ). It is as if the dataset 
> was locked not to accept any modification, even though it was a blank, brand 
> new dataset.  One student is using Mac and the other is using Windows, so it 
> does not seem to be an OS specific problem.
>
> Does anyone have any guess what might be causing this problem and how they 
> could possibly fix this? Any clues will be appreciated.
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> Ryoko
>
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> Ryoko Yamamoto, Ph.D
> Associate Professor, Sociology Department
> Acting Associate Director of Academic Assessment
> SUNY Old Westbury
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