From: John Darrington Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 15:06:01 +0000 (+0200) Subject: Documentation: Add explanation of ONEWAY/MISSING X-Git-Tag: v0.7.6~310 X-Git-Url: https://pintos-os.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=38b40b6e700680ede4e2f6203e1200ad4197b4b4;p=pspp-builds.git Documentation: Add explanation of ONEWAY/MISSING --- diff --git a/doc/statistics.texi b/doc/statistics.texi index 177af4cb..c475f306 100644 --- a/doc/statistics.texi +++ b/doc/statistics.texi @@ -964,7 +964,7 @@ variables factored by a single independent variable. It is used to compare the means of a population divided into more than two groups. -The variables to be analysed should be given in the @code{VARIABLES} +The dependent variables to be analysed should be given in the @code{VARIABLES} subcommand. The list of variables must be followed by the @code{BY} keyword and the name of the independent (or factor) variable. @@ -990,6 +990,16 @@ If the total sum of the coefficients are not zero, then PSPP will display a warning, but will proceed with the analysis. The @code{CONTRAST} subcommand may be given up to 10 times in order to specify different contrast tests. +The @code{MISSING} subcommand defines how missing values are handled. +If LISTWISE is specified then cases which have missing values for +the independent variable or any dependent variable will be ignored. +If ANALYSIS is specified, then cases will be ignored if the independent +variable is missing or if the dependent variable currently being +analysed is missing. The default is ANALYSIS. +A setting of EXCLUDE means that variables whose values are +user-missing are to be excluded from the analysis. A setting of +INCLUDE means they are to be included. The default is EXCLUDE. + @node RANK @comment node-name, next, previous, up