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--- help:variable_details [2010/09/30 16:53]
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+++ help:variable_details [2017/04/05 04:15] (current)
admin [Setting variable details e.g. labels]
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   * Data Type.  The options are "Nominal (names only)", "Ordinal (rank only)", and "Quantity (is an amount)".  This information lets SOFA present appropriate lists of variables for specific tests e.g. quantity variables such as age or height for histograms but not country or gender.
   * Value labels e.g. "Male" for 1 and "Female" for 2.  SOFA output will display the value labels.
+====== Starting a New Variable Details File ======
+To make a new var dets file you click on the "Config Vars" button e.g. in the Charts window:
+{{:help:config_vars.png?nolink|}}
+Enter the new name you want and click on the "Apply" button:
+{{:make_empty_var_dets.png?nolink|}}
+And edit a variable in the data form by right-clicking the mouse on a variable header:
+{{:edit_variable_into_new_var_dets.png?nolink|}}
+which opens the following dialog:
+{{:edit_variable_into_new_var_dets2.png?nolink|}}
+and click the "Update" button:
+{{:saved_config_vars_to_new_vdt.png?nolink|}}
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