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For explanations of the operational details, use the dialog box or syntax help. The command provides tools for preprocessing the data and setting the text extraction parameters, for calculating frequencies and sentiment scores, and for constructing dummy variables based on the content. The STATS TEXTANALYSIS extension command for SPSS Statistics provides tools for extracting the information in unstructured responses that can then be combined with the structured data. Also, a pilot study may use open ended questions, and the information in the responses used to construct a more structured survey. Respondents may well answer open ended questions differently from structured equivalents, so it can be important to extract this information even if it has a structured counterpart. Nevertheless, there are ways to extract the information in such questions, and combining this with the more structured information can improve the analysis. The coding may be inconsistent from respondent to respondent, especially if there are multiple coders. Text might be coded into structured form, but coding is time consuming and expensive, and it can be very subjective. Questions with unstructured text answers can contain valuable information, but they are difficult to analyze, so the survey users may be reduced to just reading through the answers. There might be a narrative of a customer service problem or an explanation of why a rating was assigned in a previous question. Examples include opinion about a company, political candidate, or issue. The second is an attitude or opinion question or a narrative. Examples are job title, medical conditions, race, political affiliation, and brand of car owned. The first is an “other” category in a question that also has a list of specified choices. It is common for surveys to include open ended questions. The command is available on the Extension Hub. This note describes using the STATS TEXTANALYSIS extension command.