Key Elements of Code Book with Examples

• File name, description of data contained in file (number of variables, number of observations, location of file, date created, modified).

• Variables (fields), variable labels, position in file, type of variable (alpha/numeric; entered, created)

• Value labels (what each of those numbers means, permissible values)

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File: Created, modified, Vars: __, Obs___ Bytes ___Pos Name Label Field Width1 sex gender 1 of subject2 age age in yrs. 3Value labels __ (by each variable) 1= male 2= female

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