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Definitive Guides

Learn more about the best practices for setting up a dataset and how to work with tracking projects

• Setting up a Dataset: How Data Should Look in Crunch
• The Definitive Guide to Importing and Preparing Data
• The Definitive Guide to Tracking

Import

Learn more about importing data to create datasets and cleaning data

• Create a Dataset
• SPSS Datafile Specifications
• Set Up from a CSV Datafile + JSON Metadata Document
• Merge Data
• Stack or Reshape Data
• Data Cleaning (Exclusions, Recoding, and Fixing Variable Types)

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Setup

Learn more about organizing and editing variables, including grouping variables into arrays

• Organize Variables into Folders
• Set Variable Titles and Descriptions
• Group Variables into Arrays (Categorical, Numeric, and Multiple Response)
• Clean or Relabel Categories
• Reorder Categories
• Set Category Numeric Values or Dates

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Make

Learn more about rebasing questions, 'Top Box' or summary variables, and deriving new variables from existing variables

• Recode: Case-level Missing & Valid Values ("Rebasing")
• Make Summary Variables (e.g., 'Top Box', nets)
• Combine Responses / Collapse Scales
• Create Interactions (Nested Variables)
• Calculate Numeric Variables
• Cap Numeric Variables

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Prepare

Learn more about preparing a dataset including creating weights, filters, subtotals, dashboards, and tab book banners

• Create and Apply a Weight
• Create a Filter
• Add Subtotals or Nets to a Variable
• Create a Deck
• Create a Dashboard
• Create a Multitable Banner

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Share

Learn more about sharing data and dashboards

• Share Datasets and Dashboards
• Dataset Views (Sharing Subsets of Data)