MPATTERN Subcommand (MVA command)

The MPATTERN subcommand symbolically displays patterns of missing values for cases that have missing values. The variables form the columns. Each case that has any missing values in the specified variables forms a row. The rows are sorted by missing-value patterns. For use of symbols, see .

• The rows are sorted to minimize the differences between missing patterns of consecutive cases.
• The columns are also sorted according to missing patterns of the variables.

The following keywords are available:

NOSORT. Suppress the sorting of variables. The order of the variables in the variables list is used. If ALL was used in the variables list, the order is that of the data file.

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

Example

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

• A table of missing data patterns is produced.
• The region and the religion are named for each listed case.