Exam 2: Data Sets

You are creating a numeric variable that indicates whether the respondent is left-handed, right-handed, ambidextrous, or other. Indicate how you would specify/set each of the following in Variable View: A) Name: B) Decimals: C) Label: D) Values: E) Measure:

A researcher is gathering data on the 50 states. She wants to actually enter the name of the state into the data matrix as one of the variables in her data set. What type of SPSS variable should that be?

What is the difference between variable labels and value labels?

Which of the following SPSS procedures would show you how each variable was defined in Variable View?

What characters can SPSS variable names begin with?

After having generated quite a bit of SPSS output you want to go back and look at the output from the first procedure you ran. You could use the scroll bar on the right edge of the output window but what is another way to quickly get to that output?

Which of the following SPSS procedures would show you the values each case has on one or more variables?

You are given a new SPSS data file created by someone else. What should you do to gain familiarity with its contents?

Convert each of the following numbers from scientific notation into normal numerical form. A) 1.234E+02 __________ B) −1.234E−02 __________

Which of the following will work as an SPSS variable name?

What are two ways to get location-specific help in SPSS?

In SPSS, the interval/ratio level of measurement is referred to as

The name of the SPSS data file that will be used for the examples in the chapters and the practice problems at the end of the chapters is

Why run Display Data File Information?

Convert this number from normal notation into scientific notation: −.000456

Most SPSS data analysis sessions consist of five parts. What are those five parts?

You are stumped about how to do a particular analysis. No one is around and your cell phone is dead. What can you do to get help from SPSS?

In SPSS, variables whose values may include letters are called _____ variables.

When should you use string variables?

When are value labels useful and when are they unnecessary?