Variables that have codes lists
For an MDM variable of type Long, Double, Text, Boolean, or Date that has a codes list, the SPSS Statistics SAV DSC maps the codes list to additional IBM SPSS Statistics variables as follows:
▪If the value of the codes list's
EffectiveMaxValue property is 1, the SPSS Statistics SAV DSC writes the coded response to a single IBM SPSS Statistics numeric variable, as described in
Single-response categorical variables.
▪If the value of the codes list's
EffectiveMaxValue property is greater than 1, the SPSS Statistics SAV DSC writes the coded response to a multiple set of IBM SPSS Statistics numeric variables, as described in "
Multiple-response categorical variables.
1 For more information about how the interprets multiple response sets whose variables all contain system-missing values, see
When the response set contains system-missing values.
See also