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Chapter 47
Example: Data Files Not Created from Multiple Tables
If any tables do not have the same number of row elements as the other tables, no data
file will be created. The number of rows doesn’t have to be the same; the number of
row element
s that become variables in the data file must be the same. For example, a
two-variable crosstabulation and a three-variable crosstabulation contain different
numbers of row elements, since the “layer” variable is actually nested within the row
variable i
n the default three-variable crosstabulation display.
Figure 47-11
Tables with different numbers of row elements
Controlling Column Elements to Control Variables i n the Data File
In the Options dialog box of the OMS Control Panel you can specify which dimension
elements should be in the columns and therefore are used to create variables in the
generated data file. This is equivalent to pivoting the table in the Viewer.
For example, the Frequencies procedure produces a descriptive statistics table with
statistics in the rows, while the Descriptives procedure produces a descriptive statistics
table with statistics in the columns. To include both table types in the same data file
in a meaningful fashion, you need to change the column dimension for one of them.