STEPS 2 : PREPARING AND KEY IN DATA FILE

   PREPARING DATA FILE

                                                  Figure 1:Start with blank data view

                                                     Figure 2:Blank variable view

Figure 3: Important variable that we should be key in in Variable View

Name : To change the name of a column (variable) in the Data View sheet, click in the appropriate cell and type in the new name. The names in this column must not start with a number. They also cannot contain illegal characters such as / * $, space etc. The variable must be alphanumeric form.

Type :To define the type of data contained in the column (e.g., characters, strings, numbers, etc.).

Width : To alter the number of digits displayed in the column.

Decimals :To alter the number of digits after decimal place.

Label :Labels column give a long description, which will help to understand the variable are referring to

Value : To give a text label for category codes.

Measure : To label the scale of data, click in the appropriate Measure cell. In my Data, I need to select the suitable value, for example, ID known as the participants is a discrete data. So the measure should be "Nominal".

       Figure 4: Insert the values of variables

• In the Value Label, enter the numeric code value "1" in the text box, Value:. This value corresponds to the group representing "rarely", so enter "rarely" in the Label: box.
  
  
  Click on "Add" button.
  
  
  Repeat the above, entering "2" in the Value: box and "sometimes" in the Label: box, and click on the "Add" button.

KEY IN DATA FILE

Figure 5: This is the data that we have entered in the Variable View   

Figure 6: This is the data that we have entered in the Data View.