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Stephanie Winkeljohn Black posted on Thursday, October 12, 2017 - 10:26 am

Hello,

I am receiving an error message:
*** ERROR
One or more variables have a variance greater than the maximum allowed of 1000000.
Check your data and format statement or rescale the variable(s) using the DEFINE command.

However, the data looks fine. What do others recommend I do next?

I am happy to send the syntax!

Bengt O. Muthen posted on Thursday, October 12, 2017 - 10:34 am

Check that you read the data correctly. For instance, use the Savedata command to save the analyzed data and check that you get what you expected.

Stephanie Winkeljohn Black posted on Thursday, October 12, 2017 - 10:43 am

Thanks. I have a new issue now --

*** WARNING
Data set contains unknown or missing values for GROUPING,
PATTERN, COHORT, CLUSTER and/or STRATIFICATION variables.
Number of cases with unknown or missing values: 188

I have specified MISSING ALL (-999), does this not apply immediately for the GROUPING command?

Bengt O. Muthen posted on Thursday, October 12, 2017 - 3:59 pm

We need to see your output - send to Support along with your license number.

fred posted on Wednesday, April 24, 2019 - 8:59 am

Hi!
I have the same issue with a variable that seemingly has this kind of problem, I cannot figue out where the problem is, should I send the data as well?

Thanks
Fred

Bengt O. Muthen posted on Wednesday, April 24, 2019 - 4:53 pm

We need to see your output and data - send to Support along with your license number.