But...
I use SPSS 6.0, 11.0, 14.0 and
if I aggragate columns with missing data, simply, missings are not
considered. The mean is computed only for valid data and the result
is reported in the cell of the aggregated file.
Or not?
Arnaldo.
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>Date: Sat, 14 Jul 2007 09:30:37 +0200
>From: Marco <
[hidden email]>
>Subject: Aggregating with missing data
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>Dear all,
>
>I have a basic question that hopefully someone is willing to answer: when
>using the aggregate (mean) function in SPSS, cells that contain missing data
>become empty. Does anyone know how to solve this problem? Thus, a cell that
>should contain the mean of multiple cells (one of which is empty/missing),
>turns to zero because it contains one missing datum.
>
>Regards,
>
>Marco
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Arnaldo Ferrari Nasi
Facolta' di Scienze Politiche
Universita' degli Studi
Genova - Italia, EEC
www.unige.it
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