MVA Command Additional Features

The command syntax language also allows you to:

  • Specify separate descriptive variables for missing value patterns, data patterns, and tabulated patterns using the DESCRIBE keyword on the MPATTERN, DPATTERN, or TPATTERN subcommands.
  • Specify more than one sort variable for the data patterns table, using the DPATTERN subcommand.
  • Specify more than one sort variable for data patterns, using the DPATTERN subcommand.
  • Specify tolerance and convergence, using the EM subcommand.
  • Specify tolerance and F-to-enter, using the REGRESSION subcommand.
  • Specify different variable lists for EM and Regression, using the EM and REGRESSION subcommands.
  • Specify different percentages for suppressing cases displayed, for each of TTESTS, TABULATE, and MISMATCH.