Using GSEQ with SPSS

Modifications and extensions that facilitate using GSEQ with standard statistical packages such as SPSS are described, and some examples of analyses with exported data are shown. GSEQ is a general purpose software for analyzing sequences of interactive behavior. GSEQ for Windows (GSW) is a major update of SDIS-GSEQ, a previously published version that ran under DOS. Original SDIS-GSEQ for DOS permitted factors and levels of factors to be identified with numbers. Version 4.0 for Windows permits names, which have greater mnemonic value, to be used as well. The EXPORT command as extended in GSEQ Version 4.0 permits users to specify which statistics from two-dimensional lag tables should be added to an export file and the SEND command permits users to specify which simple statistics for various codes should be added to an export file. GSEQ export files contain unit numbers, information about factor levels if any, and values for selected statistics. Such files can be imported into SPSS and other standard statistical packages, where they can be merged with data from other sources if desired. Thus the power of SPSS can be used for the analysis of scores initially computed by GSEQ.