Tables
You can build two-dimensional tables in Survey Results.
If you are building tables while interviews are in progress, there is no need to rebuild the table to include new interviews. Instead, use the Refresh facility to reread the data and update the table, leaving any filters intact.
Using Building Table
Build Table creates a table with more than one dimension. It opens a new window in which you select the variables that are to form the rows and columns of the table. As you build the table, the preview area is updated to show the current structure of the table.
When the table is displayed, it has a base row and, by default, the cells of the table show counts and column percentages. Survey Results also shows the name of the project, the date and time it was run and the filter applied at the top of the page.
Categorical variables
You can put a categorical variable on the top or the side of the table. If you add a categorical variable to an existing table or specification, you can also replace the existing top or side variable with the new variable, or put the new variable to the right of the existing top variable or under the existing side variable.
Numeric variables
You can put a numeric variable on the side of the table and other variables can be placed below it. Numeric variables cannot be put on the top of the table and once a numeric variable is on the side of a table, you cannot put any variable on the top.
Grid variables
You can put a grid variable on the side of the table. No further variables can be added to the table.
Building tables
1 Select Actions > Build Table.
This opens the Table Builder window.
2 In the Variable List select a variable that you want to use as the side or top of the table.
Survey Results displays a list of possible positions for that variable in the current table.
3 Select the position in which you want to use this variable.
4 Continue selecting variables and positions until the table specification is complete. If you need to clear the specification and start again, click Clear Table.
5 Click Tabulate.
The Build Table window closes and the table is displayed on the main screen.
Amending tables
If you have a table displayed on the main screen and you click a categorical variable in the Question List, Survey Results replaces the side of that table with the selected variable.
If you choose Build Table without clearing the current table, the current table is preserved and you can add to it. To make a completely new table, you must clear the current table first.
Refreshing tables
Refresh Table refreshes the table by rerunning it against the data.
To refresh the table, select Actions > Refresh Table.
Clearing tables
Clear Table clears the current table without cancelling any filters that were applied to the table.
To clear the current table, select Clear > Clear Table.
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