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I have a sample with an unbalanced binary variable.

I'm trying to balance it by oversampling the 1's. Is there any form to do an oversample in SPSS?

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Welcome to our site, Jesús! Your question (as written) is not quite on topic here because it asks about the software rather than about statistics. You can ask your question on Stack Overflow, but first you would need to explain what you mean by "oversample." I also fear the answers you get, although workable, would not really solve your underlying problem. Why exactly do you feel a need to "balance" your sample? What analysis are you making that seems to require this? These are statistical questions, so I encourage you to formulate them here. – whuber♦ Aug 28 '12 at 14:38

closed as off topic by Andy W, gung, Macro, whuber♦ Aug 28 '12 at 14:38

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