Comparing datasets
Compare Datasets compares the active dataset to another dataset in the current session or an external file in IBM® SPSS® Statistics format.
To compare datasets
- Open a data file and make sure it is the active dataset. (You can make a dataset the active dataset by clicking on the Data Editor window for that dataset.)
- From the menus choose:
- Select the open dataset or IBM SPSS Statistics data file that you want to compare to the active dataset.
- Select one or more fields (variables) that you want to compare.
Optionally, you can:
- Match cases (records) based on one or more case ID values.
- Compare data dictionary properties (field and value labels, user-missing values, measurement level, etc).
- Create a flag field in the active dataset that identifies mismatched cases.
- Create new datasets that contain only matched cases or only mismatched cases.