User Guide

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Using the Data E
ditor
The current level of measurement for the selected variable is scale. You can change
the measurement level by selecting one from the drop-down list or you can let Define
Variabl e Pr
operties suggest a measurement level.
E Click Sugge
st
.
Figure 4-24
Suggest Measurement Level dialog box
Since the variable doesn’t have very many different values and all of the scanned cases
contai
n integer values, the proper measurement level is probably ordinal or nominal.
E Select
Ordinal and then click Continue.
The measurement level for the selected variable is now ordinal.
The Value Labels Grid displays all of the unique data values for the selected variable,
any defi
ned value labels for these values, and the number of times (count) each
value occurs in the scanned cases.