Entering Data Into an SPSS Data File


Once all of the variables are defined you may enter the data. In the lower left hand corner click on Data View and the following screen will appear.

The frame around the cell indicates where the data is to be entered. In the figure above, typing "Mickey Mouse" will cause the name Mickey Mouse to be entered into the first cell. Pressing the key will result in the frame moving to the right by one cell so that it would be group column. An key will result in the frame moving down to row number 2 and still be in the "name" column. (For more information on entering data refer to Chapter 3 of the SPSS For Windows Base System User's Guide Release 6.0.) Part of the example data will appear as the following: