Changing value label for system-missing

[spruce18b]

The following table shows that six records were left blank in response to the question "Where do you use your computer?". Could someone please tell me how to change the label "System" given to system-missing values to "Did not answer"? In the Variable Window, when I add a dot for the label "Did not answer" I see the message "Incorrect value for variable type". Thanks, Bill

[Bruce Weaver]

Recode SYSMIS to a user-defined value, then assign a label.  E.g.,

recode q2 (sysmis=9999).
missing values q2 (99 999 9999).
add variable label q2 9999 "Did not answer".
frequencies q2.

spruce18b wrote

The following table shows that six records were left blank in response to the question "Where do you use your computer?". Could someone please tell me how to change the label "System" given to system-missing values to "Did not answer"? In the Variable Window, when I add a dot for the label "Did not answer" I see the message "Incorrect value for variable type". Thanks, Bill

[Art Kendall-2]

you could also
SET BLANKS 0.
and read the data in again

Art Kendall


On 3/6/2011 5:25 PM, Bruce Weaver wrote:

> Recode SYSMIS to a user-defined value, then assign a label.  E.g.,
>
> recode q2 (sysmis=9999).
> missing values q2 (99 999 9999).
> add variable label q2 9999 "Did not answer".
> frequencies q2.
>
>
>
> spruce18b wrote:
>> The following table shows that six records were left blank in response to
>> the question "Where do you use your computer?". Could someone please tell
>> me how to change the label "System" given to system-missing values to "Did
>> not answer"? In the Variable Window, when I add a dot for the label "Did
>> not answer" I see the message "Incorrect value for variable type". Thanks,
>> Bill
>>
>>
>> http://spssx-discussion.1045642.n5.nabble.com/file/n3411719/system-missing.png?by-user=t
>>
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[Bruce Weaver]

Also, in what I posted, that should have been:

add VALUE labels q2 9999 "Did not answer".

Art Kendall-2 wrote

you could also
SET BLANKS 0.
and read the data in again

Art Kendall


On 3/6/2011 5:25 PM, Bruce Weaver wrote:
> Recode SYSMIS to a user-defined value, then assign a label.  E.g.,
>
> recode q2 (sysmis=9999).
> missing values q2 (99 999 9999).
> add variable label q2 9999 "Did not answer".
> frequencies q2.
>
>
>
> spruce18b wrote:
>> The following table shows that six records were left blank in response to
>> the question "Where do you use your computer?". Could someone please tell
>> me how to change the label "System" given to system-missing values to "Did
>> not answer"? In the Variable Window, when I add a dot for the label "Did
>> not answer" I see the message "Incorrect value for variable type". Thanks,
>> Bill
>>
>>
>> http://spssx-discussion.1045642.n5.nabble.com/file/n3411719/system-missing.png?by-user=t
>>
>
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