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SPSS® 12.0 Command Syntax Reference

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VARIABLE LEVEL<br />

VARIABLE LEVEL varlist ({SCALE** }) ... [/varlist...]<br />

{ORDINAL}<br />

{NOMINAL}<br />

**Default.<br />

Example<br />

VARIABLE LEVEL sales95 sales96 (SCALE)<br />

/region division (NOMINAL)<br />

/expense (ORDINAL).<br />

Overview<br />

VARIABLE LEVEL specifies the level of measurement for variables. Measurement specification<br />

is only relevant for:<br />

• Charts created by the IGRAPH command. Nominal and ordinal are both treated as<br />

categorical.<br />

• SPSS-format data files used with AnswerTree.<br />

Basic Specification<br />

The basic specification is a variable name and the measurement level.<br />

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