Rank Cases

The Rank Cases dialog box allows you to create new variables containing ranks, normal and Savage scores, and percentile values for numeric variables.

New variable names and descriptive variable labels are automatically generated, based on the original variable name and the selected measure(s). A summary table lists the original variables, the new variables, and the variable labels. (Note: The automatically generated new variable names are limited to a maximum length of 8 bytes.)

Optionally, you can:

• Rank cases in ascending or descending order.
• Organize rankings into subgroups by selecting one or more grouping variables for the By list. Ranks are computed within each group. Groups are defined by the combination of values of the grouping variables. For example, if you select gender and minority as grouping variables, ranks are computed for each combination of gender and minority.

To Rank Cases

1. From the menus choose:

   Transform > Rank Cases...

2. Select one or more variables to rank. You can rank only numeric variables.

Optionally, you can rank cases in ascending or descending order and organize ranks into subgroups.