Basic data operations in SPSS - ISS - University of Leeds

Basic data operations in SPSS for Windows 17
Version 6 (November 2009)
Activity 6.3 Define old and new values.
Figure 14: Recode into Same Variables dialog
(i) In the area on the left labelled Old Value, enter the value 13 into the box labelled Value.
(ii) In the area labelled New Value, select .
(iii) Click on . The value 13 will disappear from the box on the left hand side and the
mapping between the old and the new value will appear in the large box on the right
hand side, as shown in Figure 15.
Figure 15: Recode showing mapping of old value to new value
Note the use of the keyword SYSMIS. This is a reserved name in SPSS and is used to
represent the value of the SPSS system missing value.
(iv) Click .
Activity 6.4 Click to execute the re-code operation.
Figure 16 shows the result of re-running Frequencies on the modified variable.
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