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Jill S.5
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10 years ago

SPSS .sav files sometimes become text documents?!

Hi, I am using dropbox to backup work and upload several different SPSS data sets (all .sav file types) at the end of the day. They always appear to upload fine and file type is listed as you would...
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Richard P.
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10 years ago

Are you downloading them via your browser?

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