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b) Variable View The second is called Variable View, this is where you can view various components of your variables; but the important components are the Name, Label, Values and Measure. The Name specifies the name of your variable. (Optional) The following attributes apply for SPSS variable names: « They can be up to 64 characters long. « SPSS is not case sensitive for variable names however it displays the case as you enter it. « The first character must be a letter. « Spaces between charcters are not allowed but the underscore _is. The Measure column is often overlooked but is important for certain analysis in SPSS and will help orient you to the type of analyses that are possible. You can choose between Scale, Ordinal or Nominal variables: « Nominal: variables that have no intrinsic rating (e.g., gender, ethnicity) « Ordinal: variables that have categories with an intrinsic ordering (e.g., Likert scales,Olympic medals) « Scale: variables that are continuous with intrinsic ordering and meaningful metric (e.g., blood pressure, income) In regression, you typically work with Scale outcomes and Scale predictors, although we will go into special cases of when you can use Nominal variables as predictors in Lesson 3.

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