User Guide

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Data Files
values may appear to run together without even spaces separating them. The
column loca
tion determines which variable is being read.
Are variable names included at the top of your file? If the first row of the data file
contains descriptive labels for each variable, you can use these labels as variable
names. Valu
es that don’t conform to variable naming rules are converted to valid
variable names.
Text Wizar
d Step 3: Delimited Files
Figure 3-17
Text Wizard Step 3 for delimited files
This step provides information about cases. A case is similar to a record in a database.
For example, each respondent to a questionnaire is a case.
The first case of data begins on which line number? Indicates the first line of the data
file that contains data values. If the top line(s) of the data file contain descriptive
labels or other text that does not represent data values, this will not be line 1.