Data Selection - PSPP

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10 Selecting data for analysis

This chapter documents PSPP commands that temporarily or permanently select data records from the active file for analysis.

FILTER: Exclude cases based on a variable.
N OF CASES: Limit the size of the active file.
PROCESS IF: Temporarily excluding cases.
SAMPLE: Select a specified proportion of cases.
SELECT IF: Permanently delete selected cases.
SPLIT FILE: Do multiple analyses with one command.
TEMPORARY: Make transformations' effects temporary.
WEIGHT: Weight cases by a variable.