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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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Jill S.5
New member | Level 1
10 years ago

I can copy the .sav files I am having issues with from my home computer dropbox onto a memory stick and then try to open them from this on the work computer tomorrow (I don't have SPSS on my home computer). Do you think this might work?

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