zero times sysmis equals 0. why?

Posted by msherman on Mar 16, 2011; 2:48pm
URL: http://spssx-discussion.165.s1.nabble.com/zero-times-sysmis-equals-0-why-tp3783714.html

Dear list: I just multiplied zero times sysmis and the result was a zero.  I wasn’t expecting that.  Is that something new to IBM SPSS 19.0?

 

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