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How to display empty, or unselected, categories in SPSS standard charts.

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I have a categorical variable which I would like to display in a bar chart. However, one of my categories was not selected by any of my respondents. I can generate a frequency distribution and bar chart for this variable, but the unselected category is not included. How can I both generate a frequency distribution to show a zero count for this category, as well as generate a bar chart which also reflects a zero frequency?

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