Assigning value labels to all values

To avoid accidental omission of valid categorical values from the analysis, use Define Variable Properties to assign value labels to all dependent variable values found in the data.

  1. From the menus choose:

    Data > Define Variable Properties...

When the data dictionary information for the variable name is displayed in the Define Variable Properties dialog box, you can see that although there are over 300 cases with a value of 3 for that variable, no value label has been defined for that value.

Figure 1. Variable with partial value labels in Define Variable Properties dialog box
Variable with partial value labels in Define Variable Properties dialog box

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