Using IBM SPSS statistics
How is a variable name different from a variable label?
It is shorter and less detailed
It is longer and more detailed
It is abstract and unspecific
It refers to codes rather than variables
It is shorter and less detailed
Clicking the tab on the bottom of the Data Editor screen will switch the programme to the ‘Variable View’. You are limited to eight characters for the variable name, so there is a limit on how you can express the variable for the purposes of SPSS calculations. However, you can enter a longer and more meaningful name as a variable label. SPSS will use the label for all printed output. An example within the Gym example-dataset would be reasons. A variable label provides a more detailed description of what this means, and serves as a memo to oneself: for example: reasons for visiting gym.
Reference: Bryman: Social Research Methods: 5th Edition Page(s) 355
Reference: Bryman: Social Research Methods: 5th Edition Page(s) 355
It is shorter and less detailed Clicking the tab on the bottom of the Data Editor screen will switch the programme to the ‘Variable View’. You are limited to eight characters for the variable name, so there is a limit on how you can express the variable for the purposes of SPSS calculations. However, you can enter a longer and more meaningful name as a variable label. SPSS will use the label for all printed output. An example within the Gym example-dataset would be reasons. A variable label provides a more detailed description of what this means, and serves as a memo to oneself: for example: reasons for visiting gym.
Reference: Bryman: Social Research Methods: 5th Edition Page(s) 355
Reference: Bryman: Social Research Methods: 5th Edition Page(s) 355
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C. Click on: Graphs; Frequencies; Pearson
D. Open the Variable Viewer and recode the value labels
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B. Because the patterns form symbolic visual images of different social groups
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B. Crosstabs: Statistics
C. Bivariate: Pearson
D. Gender: Female
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A. In Output Viewer, click File, Print, select the bar chart and click OK
B. In Variable Viewer, open bar chart, click File, Print, OK
C. In Chart Editor, click Descriptive Statistics, Print, OK
D. In Data Editor, open Graphs dialog box, click Save, OK
What does the operation “Recode Into Different Variables” do to the data?
A. Replaces missing data with some random scores
B. Reverses the position of the independent and dependent variable on a graph
C. Redistributes a range of values into a new set of categories and creates a new variable
D. Represents the data in the form of a pie chart
When cross-tabulating two variables, it is conventional to:
A. Represent the independent variable in rows and the dependent variable in columns
B. Assign both the dependent and independent variables to columns
C. Represent the dependent variable in rows and the independent variable in columns
D. Assign both the dependent and independent variables to rows
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