DPATTERN Subcommand (MVA command)

DPATTERN lists the missing values and extreme values for each case symbolically. For a list of the symbols that are used, see .

By default, the cases are listed in the order in which they appear in the file. The following keywords are available:

SORT=varname [(order)]. Sort the cases according to the values of the named variables. You can specify more than one variable for sorting. Each sort variable can be in ASCENDING or DESCENDING order. The default order is ASCENDING.

DESCRIBE=varlist. List values of each specified variable for each case.

Example

MVA VARIABLES=populatn density urban religion lifeexpf region
  /CATEGORICAL=region
  /ID=country
  /DPATTERN DESCRIBE=region religion SORT=region.

• In the data pattern table, the variables form the columns, and each case, identified by its country, defines a row.
• Missing and extreme values are indicated in the table, and, for each row, the number missing and percentage of variables that have missing values are listed.
• The values of region and religion are listed at the end of the row for each case.
• The cases are sorted by region in ascending order.
• Univariate statistics are displayed.