MISSING Subcommand (GRAPH command)

MISSING controls the treatment of missing values in the chart drawn by GRAPH.

  • The default is LISTWISE.
  • The MISSING subcommand has no effect on variables used with the VALUE function to create nonaggregated charts. User-missing and system-missing values create empty cells.
  • LISTWISE and VARIABLE are alternatives and apply to variables used in summary functions for a chart or to variables being plotted in a scatterplot.
  • REPORT and NOREPORT are alternatives and apply only to category variables. They control whether categories and series with missing values are created. NOREPORT is the default.
  • INCLUDE and EXCLUDE are alternatives and apply to both summary and category variables. EXCLUDE is the default.
  • When a case has a missing value for the name variable but contains valid values for the dependent variable in a scatterplot, the case is always included. User-missing values are displayed as point labels; system-missing values are not displayed.
  • For an aggregated categorical chart, if every aggregated series is empty in a category, the empty category is excluded.
  • A nonaggregated categorical chart created with the VALUE function can contain completely empty categories. There are always as many categories as rows of data. However, at least one nonempty cell must be present; otherwise the chart is not created.

LISTWISE. Listwise deletion of cases with missing values. A case with a missing value for any dependent variable is excluded from computations and graphs.

VARIABLE. Variable-wise deletion. A case is deleted from the analysis only if it has a missing value for the dependent variable being analyzed.

NOREPORT. Suppress missing-value categories. This is the default.

REPORT. Report and graph missing-value categories.

EXCLUDE. Exclude user-missing values. Both user- and system-missing values for dependent variables are excluded from computations and graphs. This is the default.

INCLUDE. Include user-missing values. Only system-missing values for dependent variables are excluded from computations and graphs.