Date:         Mon, 24 May 1999 08:37:18 -0400
Reply-To:     William Dudley <wdudley@SPH.EMORY.EDU>
Sender:       "SPSSX(r) Discussion" <SPSSX-L@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
From:         William Dudley <wdudley@SPH.EMORY.EDU>
Subject:      Missing decimal in case summaries
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I have just installed version 9 and just spent an
hour tracking down what I thought was a data entry problem.
 
In fact the problem was due to an error in the case summaries output.
I was listing one case's data across 35 variables.
One value that should have been .86 showed up as 86 !!!
 However, when I scolled up to look data previous output
and then returned to the offending cell in the case summaries,
the 86 had become .86??   I have duplicated this error a couple times.
The value is always missing the decimal at first viewing but then
reverts to correct value after viewing other objects.
 
Others out there may want to take extreme values in the
case summary output with a grain of salt.
 
 
Bill
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