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Click the button on the work process toolbar. Specify the file and
and
click the button. will display the data entry form for ready to
dy to
receive data.
Fill in the blanks on the data entry form using the data for the following sample cases:
1001
01/05/1991
30
M
2
29
1
N
5
1
1002
02/05/1991
26
F
2
29
2
N
3
1
1003
02/05/1991
34
F
2
23
1
Y
7
1004
02/05/1991
23
M
2
12
1
N
2
4
1005
03/05/1991
19
F
1
47
3
Y
5
1006
03/05/1991
22
F
1
47
3
Y
6
1007
04/05/1991
39
M
2
13
3
Y
2
1008
04/05/1991
27
M
1
13
1
N
3
3
1009
04/05/1991
36
F
2
34
2
Y
2
1010
05/05/1991
32
F
1
37
1
Y
2
You can only enter the type of data shown on the status bar at the bottom of the
window. This may be different for each variable and depends on the variable types you
specified in the questionnaire (.QES) file. If you enter data of the wrong type into a variable (or
an invalid date into a type variable) then will warn you. Re-enter the correct
ect
data.
Pressing
on its own (i.e. entering no data) will set a variable to 'missing'. This is a special
value that is recognised as by . Statistical and database packages vary in the
the
way they treat missing data so it may be best to use explicit codes for missing and not-available
data which will have to be before data can be analysed.
.
You may need to press
to move onto the next variable if the data you enter does not
completely fill a particular variable.
The
and
keys allow you to move between variables. The
+
keys will move
the cursor to the first variable. The
+
keys will move the cursor to the last variable.
After you have entered all the data for one case (record) the message
will be displayed. Click the button or press
s
. A new (blank) data form will be
displayed. Note that the text is displayed in the lower right corner of the
window. Enter data for all of the sample cases, writing each to disk. When you have finished,
close the data entry form.
If you click the button when asked to You will be able to edit
dit
the data you have just entered. To save this move to the end of the record and press
, or
select the menu option, or type
+
, or click the new record
() data control and then click the button on the message
ssage
box.