Data Files are ususally quite large and not intended
for easy reading by humans, but you may, nevertheless, want to
view a few records of a file to help you understand the
structure of the file.
One easy way to do this is to use the "Subset/Convert Dataset"
button on the study's files menu.
In the "Ouput Variables/Columns" section of the Subset/Convert form,
click the "output all variables" checkbox.
In the "Output Options" section of the Subset/Convert form,
set the maximum number of records to output to 10 or 20 and
leave the "format" set to "ASCII."
Then, click the "get the data" button and wait for a moment for
the results. Click on the link to the results (which will be
labeled "ASCII File" followed by the size of the file in
Kilobytes). the 10 or 20 records will go directly to your
browser window. Use your browser's horizontal scroll bar to
scroll to the right and left to see long lines.
For more information
See the Creating Subsets Help Page for
a guided tour of the Subset/Convert form.
See the Glossary
for definitions of terms.
