User Guide

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Using the Data E
ditor
Figure 4-12
Missing values displayed as periods
The reason a value is missing may be important to your analysis. For example, you
may fin
ditusefultodistinguishbetweenthosewhorefusedtoansweraquestionand
those who didn’t answer a question because it was not applicable.
Missin
g Values for a Numeric Variable
E Click
the
Variable View tab at the bottom of the Data Editor window.
E Click
the Missing cell in the age row,andthenclickthebuttontoopentheMissing
Values dialog box.