SPSS® 12.0 Command Syntax Reference

LOGLINEAR
LOGLINEAR is available in the Advanced Models option.
The syntax for LOGLINEAR is available only in a syntax window, not from the dialog box
interface. See GENLOG for information on the LOGLINEAR command available from the
dialog box interface.
Overview
LOGLINEAR varlist(min,max)...[BY] varlist(min,max)
[WITH covariate varlist]
[/CWEIGHT={varname }] [/CWEIGHT=(matrix)...]
{(matrix)}
[/GRESID={varlist }]
{(matrix)}
[/GRESID=(matrix)...]
[/CONTRAST (varname)={DEVIATION [(refcat)] } [/CONTRAST...]]
{DIFFERENCE }
{HELMERT }
{SIMPLE [(refcat)] }
{REPEATED }
{POLYNOMIAL [({1,2,3,...})]}
{ {metric } }
{[BASIS] SPECIAL(matrix) }
[/CRITERIA=[CONVERGE({0.001**})] [ITERATE({20**})] [DELTA({0.5**})]
{n } {n } {n }
[DEFAULT]]
[/PRINT={[FREQ**][RESID**][DESIGN][ESTIM][COR]}]
{DEFAULT }
{ALL }
{NONE }
[/PLOT={NONE** }]
{DEFAULT }
{RESID }
{NORMPROB}
[/MISSING=[{EXCLUDE**}]]
{INCLUDE }
[/DESIGN=effect[(n)] effect[(n)]... effect BY effect...] [/DESIGN...]
**Default if subcommand or keyword is omitted.
Example
LOGLINEAR JOBSAT (1,2) ZODIAC (1,12) /DESIGN=JOBSAT.
LOGLINEAR is a general procedure for model fitting, hypothesis testing, and parameter
estimation for any model that has categorical variables as its major components. As such,
LOGLINEAR subsumes a variety of related techniques, including general models of
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