Date:         Tue, 10 Oct 2006 11:42:53 -0400
Reply-To:     Martin Sherman <msherman@loyola.edu>
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From:         Martin Sherman <msherman@loyola.edu>
Subject:      computing every 30th item from a scale.
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Dear list. I have scale that consists of 5 independent domains and I
want to compute a total score for each domain.  The items for each
domain are arranged in a fixed sequence.  Item1(domain1) Item2(domain2)
Item3(domain3) Item4(domain4) Item5(domain5) Item6(domain1)
Item7(domain2) Item8(domain3) Item9(domain4) Item10(domain5)  etc.
Other than using the long and tedious listing of items that are
included in a domain is there an easier way to calculate a total score
for each domain.
The long way would be to do this.
Compute totaldomain1=sum.?(item1,item6,item11,item16,item21,etc).

Thanks,   martin sherman

Martin F. Sherman, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Loyola College
Director of Masters Education: Thesis Track
Psychology Department
222 B Beatty Hall
4501 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21210
 Martin F. Sherman, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Director of Masters Education: Thesis Track
Loyola College
Psychology Department
222 B Beatty Hall
4501 North Charles Street
Baltimore, MD 21210

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410 617-5341 (fax)

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