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(the choices are
Numeric
,
Date
,
Time
,
Currency
), which is what we wish.
It also caused the icon next to
A
in the left panel to change to a circle
containing the numbers 1, 2, and 3 to represent the fact that
subid
has
been specified as a numeric variable.
The remaining variables in our illustration data file are all numeric,
and we will specify them as well. These other variables are as follows:
group
is a variable containing codes indicating if the participant was
a member of Group 1 or Group 2.
gender
is a variable containing codes to indicate whether the partic-
ipant was male or female.
score
is the value that the participant registered on the dependent
variable.
When you have specified these other variables, click
Finish
.Thisbrings
you to the empty data grid shown in Figure B7.
The data may be entered as you would do for any type of spreadsheet.
Type the value in each cell and use the
Ta b
or
Arrow
keys to move from one
cell to another. When you have finished, the grid, shown in Figure B8, will
Figure B7
The empty data grid.
