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  • 1.  statistics

    Posted Tue July 22, 2025 09:31 AM
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    I'm running into an issue with my SPSS output that's been driving me a bit nuts , the numbers aren't fully adding up, and I seem to have an extra unexpected case.
     
    Here's what I've got:
     
    POLYSUB
    0 = 7171 cases (97.0%)
     
    1 = 223 cases (3.0%)
    Total = 7394
     
    VIOLENCE_BIN
    0 = 5842 cases (79.0%)
     
    1 = 1517 cases (20.5%)
     
    Missing = 34 cases (0.5%)
    Valid N = 7359
     
    So POLYSUB has 7394 cases, and VIOLENCE_BIN has 7359 valid, meaning 34 missing, which makes sense, but that's only 7393 in total, not 7394. Where is that extra mysterious case coming from?! I double-checked variable coding, missing values, and filters, and nothing obvious is popping up.
     
    Any ideas on what might be happening here? I feel like SPSS is gaslighting me at this point.
     
    Please help a poor burnt out student out. 
    Thanks so much,
    Aikaterini 


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  • 2.  RE: statistics

    Posted Wed July 23, 2025 08:52 AM

    I think your two dichotomous variables use 0/1 coding.  If so, please execute the following code and show us the output.

    RECODE polysub violence_bin (MISSING=9).
    ADD VALUE LABELS polysub violence_bin 9 "9-Missing".
    CROSSTABS polysub BY violence_bin.

    By recoding MISSING to 9, the missing values will show up in the cross-tabulation.  Later, you can make 9 a user-defined missing value:

    MISSING VALUES polysub violence_bin (9).

    Finally, when you show us the output, just copy the CROSSTABS output as an image and paste it into the body of your response.  Do not upload a Word document, because many people are very reluctant to open Word documents because they can contain malware.  

    Thanks,
    Bruce



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  • 3.  RE: statistics

    Posted Wed July 23, 2025 10:23 AM
    what does the syntax look like?



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  • 4.  RE: statistics

    Posted Sun July 27, 2025 06:30 AM

    yes i did try this! the numbers are correct now thank you so much!!! 



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