3.8 Codebook

The codebook was briefly mentioned in 3.6 Extract Tagged Variables when we looked at the code book pages for the variables R0214700 and R0214800 to find the response value codes for race? = 'black' = '2' and sex? = 'male' = '1'. Notice below we have added a variable, R0010600, to our sample tag set. This variable was gathered in an actual survey question, S02Q01, its response value codes contain frequencies, impart more response nuances than the previously tagged variables, and contain some refusals and invalid skips.

Click on the Name , R0010600, listed below to view its codebook record.

When you click on a variable's name in the Name column, the codebook information for that variable will appear in a new window. The codebook record for a variable is always accessible by clicking on a variable's Name. The codebook can contain any of the following information on a variable depending on the type of question in which it was gathered:

Name (the Reference Number, a.k.a., the R-number)
Question (the Question's name in which it was gathered)
Variable Title (assigned by an archivist, trying to reproduce the focus of the question text)
Survey Year (year in which it was gathered)
Question Text (the text of the question as asked or as calculated)
Notes...Author of notes (extraneous notes by designer or archivist complementing the text)
Note date
Description of variable
Possible responses
Response value codes
Frequencies of the responses (number of times this response was chosen)
Response Ranges: Max. and Min.
Number of respondents
Number of Refusals
Number of Don't Knows
Total number of times asked
Valid skips
Non-interviews
Default Lead in question
Default Next Question
Hyperlinks to supplementary documentation on the variable

Go to 3.0 Web Investigator.

Go to 3.6 Extract Tagged Variables.

Go to 3.7 Run a Frequency of Table.

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