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Data Transform
ations
Convert numeric strings to numbers. Converts string values containing numbers to
numeric values. Strings containing anything other than numbers and an optional sign
(+ or -) are a
ssigned the system-missing value.
Old–>New. The list of specifications that will be used to recode the variable(s). You
can add, change, and remove specifications from the list. The list is automatically
sorted, bas
ed on the old value specification, using the following order: single values,
missing values, ranges, and all other values. If you change a recode specification
on the list, the procedure automatically re-sorts the list, if necessary, to maintain
this order
.
Figure 7-11
Old and New Values dialog box
Rank C
ases
The Ra
nk Cases dialog box allows you to create new variables containing ranks,
normal and Savage scores, and percentile values for numeric variables.
New variable names and descriptive variable labels are automatically generated,
based
on the original variable name and the selected measure(s). A summary table
lists the original variables, the new variables, and the variable labels.