User Guide

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Multiple Respo
nse Analysis
of responses is equal to the number of counted values across cases. For multiple
category sets, the number of responses is the number of values in the defined range.
Missing Val
ues.
You can choose one or both of the following:
 Exclude cas
es listwise within dichotomies.
Excludes cases with missing values
for any variable from the tabulation of the multiple dichotomy set. This applies
only to multiple response sets defined as dichotomy sets. By default, a case
is consider
ed missing for a multiple dichotomy set if none of its component
variables contains the counted value. Cases with missing values for some, but not
all, variables are included in the tabulations of the group if at least one variable
contains t
he counted value.
 Exclude c
ases listwise within categories.
Excludes cases with missing values for
any variable from tabulation of the multiple category set. This applies only to
multiple response sets defined as category sets. By default, a case is considered
missing f
or a multiple category set only if none of its components has valid
values within the defined range.
By defaul
t, when crosstabulating two multiple category sets, the procedure tabulates
each variable in the first group with each variable in the second group and sums the
counts for each cell; therefore, some responses can appear more than once in a table.
You can c
hoose the following option:
Match variables across response sets. Pairs the first variable in the first group with the
first variable in the second group, and so on. If you select this option, the procedure
bases ce
ll percentages on responses rather than respondents. Pairing is not available
for multiple dichotomy sets or elementary variables.
MULT RE
SPONSE Command Additional Features
The SPS
S command language also allows you to:
 Obtain
crosstabulation tables with up to five dimensions (with the
BY
subcommand).
 Change output formatting options, including suppression of value labels (with
the
FORMAT subcommand).
See the SPSS Command Syntax Reference for complete syntax information.