If we had selected an imputation method, we would then: We are not going to impute any values now so click Cancel.
In this dialog box, you can specify which imputation method you want to use, and once you have chosen a method, you can then further specify details about the imputation. Click in the Impute Method cell for the field Region.
Now you need to specify how the missing values will be imputed.ĥ. Click in the Impute when cell for the field Region. To impute missing values you first need to specify when you want to impute missing values. We are not going to impute any missing values in this example because it is not necessary, but we are going to show you some of the options, since these will be useful in other situations. Note that the field Region only has 15,774 valid cases now, because we have correctly identified that the Not applicable category was a predefined code for missing data. However, the Data Audit node also allows you to remove fields or cases that have missing data, as well as providing several options for data imputation: Imputing missing values with the Data Audit nodeĪs we have seen, the Data Audit node allows you to identify missing values so that you can get a sense of how much missing data you have. However, models will now treat the category Not applicable as a missing value.ġ1. Now Not applicable is no longer considered a valid value for the field Region, but it will still be shown in graphs and other output. The asterisk indicates that missing values have been defined for the field Region. In our dataset, we will only define one field as having missing data. We have now specified that “Not applicable” is a code for missing data for the field Region. Type “Not applicable” in the first Missing values cell. To specify a predefined code, or a blank value, you can add each individual value to a separate cell in the Missing values area, or you can enter a range of numeric values if they are consecutive.Ħ. Selecting Define blanks chooses Null and White space (remember, Empty String is a subset of White space, so it is also selected), and in this way these types of missing data are specified. Click on the Missing cell for the field Region.Note that in the Type node, blank values and $null$ values are not shown however, empty strings and white space are depicted by “” or ” “.
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Only then can we decide how to handle it. This can help determine if missing values could have affected responses. Consider whether there is a pattern as to why data might be missing. The first step in dealing with missing data is to assess the type and amount of missing data for each field. This is predefined code, and it applies to any type of field This is a cell that is empty or has spaces.Īpplies only to string fields. This is a cell that is empty or has an illegal valueĪpplies only to string fields. In SPSS Modeler, there are four types of missing data: Type of missing dataĪpplies only to numeric fields. In fact, it is important to remember that every model deals with missing data in a certain way, and some modeling techniques handle missing data better than others. This is because failing to make a choice just means you are using the default option for a procedure, which most of the time is not optimal. Missing data is different than other topics in data modeling that you cannot choose to ignore. In today’s tutorial we will demonstrate how easy it is to work with missing values in a dataset using the SPSS Modeler. This book gets you up and running with the fundamentals of SPSS Modeler, a premium tool for data mining and predictive analytics. The following excerpt is taken from the book IBM SPSS Modeler Essentials written by Keith McCormick and Jesus Salcedo.