Analysing date responses
Dates are analysed in a number of ways as follows: Date formats The software supports a wide range of date formats. All dates are based on the Gregorian calendar. Day The day number must appear in the range 1 to 31, with optional leading zeros. For example, 01, 02 are acceptable. Checks are made on […]
Categorising quantity responses with a derived variable
The following example uses the Crocodile Rock Cafe Survey. A Derived Variable is set up to allocate the data for Q5 “How much did you spend in total?” into ranges. Click to display the Variables window. Click to add a new variable. Specify the Variable Details: Name: V5 Label: Amount spent Type: Derived (the variable […]
Statistical calculations on tables
You can perform a chi-squared test to see if there is a significant relationship between two variables. You can display indexed counts or sums to give a relative measure of individual cell values. Applying the chi-square test The Chi-square test can be applied to single-response variables. It compares observed (actual) and expected (theoretical) values in […]
Analysing quantity responses
Quantity Response questions are used to collect open-ended numeric responses in a survey. This type of data would usually be values such as amounts of money, volumes, areas etc. Quantity Response data can be analysed as follows: A list of Quantity Responses can be produced either for all respondents or for respondents selected on the […]
Pre-coding answers
The literal answers can be assigned codes to place them into defined categories. This information is available when analysing the respondents’ information. The example below shows coding for the free text for Other food item. Click to display the Variables window. Click to add a new variable. Specify the Variable details: Name: Q4b Label: Other […]
Combining literal responses with a coded question
Click to display the Variables window. Click to add a new variable. Specify the Variable Details: Name: V2 Label: Items ordered Type: Derived (the variable will derive its data from existing variables) Response: Multiple (each respondent could fall into more than one of the new codes) Specify the Code Details: Ensure that the variable from […]
Categorising literal responses
Click to display the Variables window. Select the variable which will act as a source to the derived variable. Double click the variable or click to open the Variable Details dialog. Click to display the Pattern drop-down. If it is not already selected choose lower case as the pattern. Save the variable and return to […]
Exporting literal responses
A list of Literal Responses can be exported to a word processing package for inclusion in a report. In the following example a list of Other items ordered in the Crocodile Rock Cafe Survey will be exported to the word processing package. Click to display the Data Entry window for the current survey. Select the […]
Printing literal responses
Click to display the Data Entry window for the current survey. Click to display the Print Data dialog box. Specify a Title for the report if required. In the Filter field type the specification to select the cases to be printed: For example, to print only those cases where a response has been given to […]
Creating a list of literal responses
You can create a list of literal responses using the List analysis type. Using a derived literal response You can use derived literals to enter other text in your list. You can also convert dates, times and quantity variables to text in derived literals. For example, in the Crocodile Rock Cafe survey supplied with Snap […]