Adding a special value for "don't know" answers ?
Posted: January 24th, 2013, 7:11 am
Hello,
I am putting together a data entry application and don't understand how to add a special value for "don't know" responses in the entire dictionary? The code for that '888' should be able to be entered in any field. I guess there is a general way to do so rather than increasing the length of all variables to at least 3 and adding the code to each variable value set ?
I ahve read about the three special values in the CSPro language: missing, notappl, and default. The manual says "To properly utilize this special value,
you must create a value set for this item in the dictionary, setting one of the value set entries to the special value "missing."" but I don't quite get how to do so.
Thanks a lot for your help,
Olivia
I am putting together a data entry application and don't understand how to add a special value for "don't know" responses in the entire dictionary? The code for that '888' should be able to be entered in any field. I guess there is a general way to do so rather than increasing the length of all variables to at least 3 and adding the code to each variable value set ?
I ahve read about the three special values in the CSPro language: missing, notappl, and default. The manual says "To properly utilize this special value,
you must create a value set for this item in the dictionary, setting one of the value set entries to the special value "missing."" but I don't quite get how to do so.
Thanks a lot for your help,
Olivia