Chapter3

Question 1

Currency variable

Answer 1

a variable containing values of money.

Question 2

Date variable

Answer 2

a variable made up of dates. The data can take forms such as dd-mmm-yyyy (e.g., 21-Jun-1973), dd-mmm-yy (e.g., 21-Jun-73), mm/dd/yy (e.g., 06/21/73), dd.mm.yyyy (e.g., 21.06.1973).

Question 3

Numeric variables

Answer 3

variables involving numbers.

Question 4

Smartreader

Answer 4

A free piece of software that can be downloaded from the IBM SPSS website that enables people who do not have SPSS Statistics installed to open and view SPSS output files.

Question 5

String variables

Answer 5

variables involving words (i.e., letter strings). Such variables could include responses to open-ended questions such as ‘How much do you like writing glossary entries?’; the response might be ‘About as much as I like placing my gonads on hot coals’.

Question 6

Variable View

Answer 6

there are two ways to view the contents of the data editor window. The Variable View allows you to define properties of the variables for which you wish to enter data. See also Data View.