Creating a Data Definition File

Neil Frude

Chapter 5 in A Guide to SPSS/PC+, 1987, pp 41-55 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Creating a data file, containing only the data, is just a first stage towards using SPSS/PC+. The data must be defined (and is also usually more fully described) before it can be used. The data is defined in a data definition file. This usually contains the following types of command: DATA LIST: a list which gives the names of all of the variables represented by the data, in the order that they occur, and information about which column(s) each variable occupies VARIABLE LABELS: (optional) variable labels should not be confused with the variable names specified on the DATA LIST VALUE LABELS: (optional) value labels for some or all of the values for each variable MISSING VALUE: information about which value, if any, represents missing data for each variable

Keywords: Data File; Error Message; Active File; Data List; Data Dictionary (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1987
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4757-8985-0_5

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