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Chapter 8

Unselected Cases. You can filter or delete cases that do not meet the selection criteria.

Filtered cases remain in the data file but are excluded from analysis. Select Cases

creates a fi

lter variable, filter_$, to indicate filter status. Selected cases have a value

of 1; filtered cases have a value of 0. Filtered cases are also indicated with a slash

through the row number in the Data Editor. To turn filtering off and include all

cases in yo

ur analysis, select

All cases.

Deleted cases are removed from the data file and cannot be recovered if you save the

data file after deleting the cases.

To Select a Subset of Case s

E From the menus choose:

Data

Select Cases...

Select one of the methods for selecting cases.

E Specify the criteria for selecting cases.

Select Cases: If

This dialog box allows you to select subsets of cases using conditional expressions. A

conditional expression returns a value of true, false,ormissing for each case.