The data window provides the basic visualization of all data in the
current worksheet. The data window provides two basic views of
the worksheet data set, the Data View and the Variable View. All
analyses in the worksheet are based on the data stored in the
worksheet's data window.
The data window should be considered the base window for all analyses. Two views are available:
Data View
The Data View presents all data in a spreadsheet-like form. Each
column represents one variable in the worksheet. Locations where data
is not available will appear blank in this view. Columns (or
variables) can be selected by clicking the headings. A block of
data can be selected by dragging the mouse over the cells of interest.
The numeric formatting (number of decimal places, leading zeros,
etc.) can be set via the Set Numeric Display Format... option in Data->Column Operations menu.
Variable View
The Variable View presents the data in a more traditional table format.
This view specifies the number of observations in each variable,
the variable type, and the user-defined descriptions. The data
type can be one of three types:
An object containing a date, which is only used when dealing with time-series data
Usage
The Data Window acts as the root of the worksheet, and most functions
are addressable from its menus and toolbar. A diagram of the menu
and toolbar is shown below:
The following sections describe the individual functionality of each of
the menu and toolbar options. Some generic program options are
described in the Main Window Menu and Main Window Toolbar sections.