Hi Till, you need a plug-in for SPSS to run R, which is bound to a fixed R version. SPSS 19 uses R2.10 and SPSS 20 uses R2.12 (both not up-to-date R versions). So you have to download this plugin (after registering on IBM Support) for your spss version and the according R version - or start with a brand new R2.14 ;) Cheers.
Am 26.03.2012 13:32, schrieb Till Below: > Dear all, > > I am trying to conduct an enhanced version of factor analysis with a > SPSS interface that allows to use R. This approach has been suggested in > the recent article: > > Basto, M. and J.M. Pereira An SPSS R-Menu for Ordinal Factor Analysis. > Journal of Statistical Software 46, pp. 1-29. > > My variables are ordinal-type and the tool of Basto allows to run > polychoric correlations in the SPSS environment with the R essentials > ans Plugin. > > I used R 2.10 version for spss 20 (I only have access to spss 20). I > loaded the required packages. When running the factor analysis in spss > with the plugin I receive the error message posted below. Aparently, the > tool of Basto runs only with spss 19. Since the packages and the plugin > are installed I think it must be a problem of the spss version. > > Could someone suggest me a solution for the problem? I am not familiar > with R, and so I would prefer to run the factor analysis in spss. Is > there any possebility to run it with spss V. 20? > > Best regards and compliments for your work, > > Till Below (PhD student, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany) > > -------------------------------- > SPSS output with error message: > > GET > FILE='C:\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX. > DATASET NAME DatenSet1 WINDOW=FRONT. > DATASET ACTIVATE DatenSet1. > SAVE OUTFILE='C:\XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX > /COMPRESSED. > *Mário Basto, José Manuel Pereira, IPCA > *Required: SPSS 19 and R Integration Plugin > *R Packages required: psych, polycor, GPArotation, nFactors, corpcor, ICS. > set printback off. > > > > > > > > > > -- Eik Vettorazzi Department of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf Martinistr. 52 20246 Hamburg T ++49/40/7410-58243 F ++49/40/7410-57790 -- Pflichtangaben gemäß Gesetz über elektronische Handelsregister und Genossenschaftsregister sowie das Unternehmensregister (EHUG): Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf; Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts; Gerichtsstand: Hamburg Vorstandsmitglieder: Prof. Dr. Guido Sauter (Vertreter des Vorsitzenden), Dr. Alexander Kirstein, Joachim Prölß, Prof. Dr. Dr. Uwe Koch-Gromus ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.