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Brian S. Everitt A Handbook of Statistical Analyses using SPSS

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Display 1.2 Data View window <strong>of</strong> the Data Editor.<br />

values while the variable make takes string values. By default <strong>SPSS</strong> uses<br />

a period/full stop to indicate missing numerical values. String variable<br />

cells are simply left empty. Here, for example, the data for variables<br />

extrover, car, and make have not yet been typed in for the 20 subjects so<br />

the respective values appear as missing.<br />

The appearance <strong>of</strong> the Data View spreadsheet is controlled by the View<br />

drop-down menu. This can be used to change the font in the cells, remove<br />

lines, and make value labels visible. When labels have been assigned to<br />

the category codes <strong>of</strong> a categorical variable, these can be displayed by<br />

checking Value Labels (or by selecting on the toolbar).Once the category<br />

labels are visible, highlighting a cell produces a button with a downward<br />

arrow on the right-hand side <strong>of</strong> the cell. Clicking on this arrow produces<br />

a drop-down list with all the available category labels for the variable.<br />

Clicking on any <strong>of</strong> these labels results in the respective category and label<br />

being inserted in the cell. This feature is useful for editing the data.<br />

1.3.2 The Variable View Spreadsheet<br />

The Variable View spreadsheet serves to define the variables (Display 1.3).<br />

Each variable definition occupies a row <strong>of</strong> this spreadsheet. As soon as<br />

data is entered under a column in the Data View, the default name <strong>of</strong> the<br />

column occupies a row in the Variable View.<br />

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