Axes specifications file

The axes file, filename.axs, holds the Quantum axis names and specifications. Axes are generated in the following format:

▪All axes have the following in common:

Each axis is named using the same name as the data item in the qdi file.

A left-justified table title (ttl) is generated containing the name of the axis.

The required number of ttl statements for each line of the item text — up to 80 characters per line. Longer texts are wrapped onto multiple ttls.

For each axis, the following three element statements are generated:

n01All Respondents
n00 ;c=.not.(item_name=$_na$)
n01All Answering

▪Grid axes also contain some additional statements:

For each iteration, a grid column specification of the form:

n01iteration_text;var(1)=item_name($iteration_name$)

Following this specification, a side statement is generated. (side is used to separate the column definitions from the row definitions.)

The main elements then follow:

▪Numeric response items generate the following four lines:

Comment - ** Insert suitable bands **
Comment var item_name;hd=
n25 ;inc=item_name
n12Mean

▪Categoric items produce an n01 element for each category as follows:

n01response_text;c=item_name & $truncated_text$

▪Any category that has a unique ID associated with it also has the appropriate Quantum uniqid= keyword generated. For example:

n01response_text;c=item_name & $truncated_text$;uniqid=unique_id