Microsoft Word research method fm doc

Exercise : 
Enter your data using the template you have developed. 
CHECK customize entry 
• Often it is useful to have the computer check for errors during the data entry process 
and to skip over parts of the questionnaire if certain conditions are met. 
• The 
CHECK
program instructs ENTER to perform such operations automatically. 
• CHECK makes a file with a name ending in .CHK. 
• The 
.CHK
file contains instructions for ENER to restrict the data entered in specified 
fields. 
• When 
ENTER 
is run, it automatically looks for a file with the same name as the .Rec 
file but ending in .CHK. 
• Using 
CHK
is optional. 
• Now, move the cursor to "CHECK customize entry" and press the Enter key. 
• Write the name of your .Rec file on the space below "Data file < .Rec>: 
• Let's see two cases: 
a) F1/F2 - (Min/Max) 
- Put the cursor on the blank spaces of any of the fields (variables) 
- Write the minimum number (e.g., the minimum number for women aged 15 to 49 
years is 15) 

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- Press F1 
- Write the maximum number (e.g., the maximum number for women aged 15 to 49 
years is 49) 
- Press F2 
- Finally, the valid values will be indicated at the bottom of your questionnaire. In this 
case, the valid values will be 15 to 49. 
- Save data 
b) F7 - Jump 
Appropriate jumps can be built in so that questions which are not applicable as a result of a 
previous response are jumped. 
- put the cursor on the blank spaces of any of the fields (variables). 
- Write any number different from the valid ones 
- Press F7 
- Put cursor in field to jump to an entry of the above number 
- Press F7 again and ENTER will automatically jump over the fields in between.
- Save data