While defining your data during the import process, you are asked to identify the variable representing the unique IDs, the variables representing the questions that you want to analyze, and, if applicable, any reference variables that you would like to include. After the data are imported, you may want to add information to the properties for these variables or change their role in the project. For example, you might want to analyze a variable that you imported as a reference variable. You can change the following variable properties:
• Add or change a variable name or label.
• Change a reference variable to an open-ended text variable.
• Change an open-ended text variable to a reference variable.
• Change the data type of an ID or reference variable.
In the Entire Project view, select the column for the
variable whose properties you want to modify and right-click the column
title to open a context menu.
Choose Properties from
the menu. The Properties dialog box opens.
If desired, add or modify the variable name or label.
To use the variable labels instead of the variable
name in the product, select the option Display
label in place of name.
If desired, change the variable's role in the analysis
to either Reference or Open-Ended Text. You cannot change the role
of the ID variable. If you have begun to work on an open-ended text
variable (or question) and change its role to a reference variable,
the categorization work that you have done will be lost.
Change the data type of the variable to either Text or Numeric.