Data Coding, Entry, and Checking in SPSS – Problem 2.3: Display Your Dictionary or Codebook

Now that you have defined and labeled your variables, you can print a codebook or dictionary of your variables. It is a very useful record of what you have done. Notice that the information in the codebook is essentially the same as that in the variable view  so you do not really have to have both, but the codebook makes a more complete printed record of your labels and values.

• Select File → Display Data File Information → Working File. Your codebook should look like Output 2.1, without the callout boxes. The codebook is divided into parts: the Variable Information (which is very similar to the variable view in Fig. 2.12) and the Variable Values (which are partially hidden in the variable view).

You may not be able to see all of the file information/codebook on your computer screen. However, you should be able to print the entire codebook.

Source: Morgan George A, Leech Nancy L., Gloeckner Gene W., Barrett Karen C.

(2012), IBM SPSS for Introductory Statistics: Use and Interpretation, Routledge; 5th edition; download Datasets and Materials.