Date:         Mon, 15 Sep 2003 15:44:37 -0700
Reply-To:     Sally Zitzer <sallyz@u.washington.edu>
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From:         Sally Zitzer <sallyz@u.washington.edu>
Subject:      SPSS to SAS Unix
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Hi,

  I just saved a SAS file from SPSS on the PC, selecting the version for
Unix that has the file extension .ssd01.  After uploading to our Unix
system and running some SAS analyses I have discovered that the missing
values, which are clearly defined in the SPSS 11.5.2.1 file in the Data
Editor, are not missing values in Unix SAS 8.2. The missing values are -1
for all variables in the SPSS file and they show up as the Minimum value
in proc means in SAS (ie, as VALID data).  In other words, the SAS file
that SPSS made did NOT flag the missing values.

   I just wanted to alert people to this and wonder if anyone else
has come across this.  I'm going to try a file for PC SAS tomorrow
and see if the missing values are flagged there.

   Sally in Seattle

Sally Zitzer, C&C, Senior Computing Specialist, Statistical Software
sallyz@cac.washington.edu or sallyz@u.washington.edu  (206)-543-8515