SPSS Building a Basic Data Set

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Module 2 Application Data Set  

This data set on the following page does not contain actual patient information. However, relationships have been built into the measures that may reflect actual associations found in health.

  The invented background for this data is that of a sample of blood pressures and BMIs measured for clinic patients who were then followed for up to a 20-year period. These patients were followed until their deaths, and their final age was recorded. A data dictionary describing the measures follows the data.

  Data

  ID Num

Age BP

  sex

Systolic BP

Diastolic BP

  BMI

Death age

  diabetic

  Place

1 68 0 139 81 25 84 0 1 2 57 1 170 110 41 64 1 3 3 41 1 151 109 36 59 1 3 4 79 0 140 85 30 81 0 2 5 49 0 165 100 39 69 1 2 6 68 0 141 82 29 86 0 1 7 69 0 138 81 25 89 0 1 8 70 1 149 85 32 78 0 2 9 39 1 189 100 48 47 1 3

10 42 1 152 88 35 60 1 3 11 51 1 150 90 38 70 1 3 12 66 0 153 89 36 73 0 2 13 70 1 145 85 30 81 0 2 14 75 0 139 79 23 92 0 1 15 72 0 144 86 29 91 0 1 16 42 1 171 91 44 61 1 3 17 71 1 150 90 35 74 0 2 18 58 0 141 87 30 75 0 1 19 40 0 175 93 44 60 1 2 20 25 1 180 90 45 40 1 3 21 48 0 146 85 29 67 0 1 22 29 1 160 97 39 49 1 3 23 73 0 137 81 25 92 0 1 24 66 1 167 95 40 68 1 3 25 55 0 190 99 50 65 1 2

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Data Dictionary  

Name Type Label Values Missing Measure  

  ID_Num

 

  Numeric

A unique and encrypted ID number for a patient

   

  None

 

  Nominal

      Age_BP

      Numeric

Initial visit age in years when a patient’s blood pressure was recorded

        None

      Scale

  sex

  Numeric

  Sex of patient

0 = female, 1 = male

  None

  Nominal

  Systolic_BP

  Numeric

Systolic blood pressure at initial visit

    None

  Scale

  Diastolic_BP

  Numeric

Diastolic blood pressure at initial visit

    None

  Scale

BMI Numeric Body Mass Index   None Scale   Death_age

  Numeric

Follow-up age at death in whole years

    None

  Scale

      diabetic

      Numeric

      Diabetic status of patient

0 = nondiabetic, 1 = diabetes

      None

      Nominal

      Place

      Numeric

  Census designation for patient’s residence

1 = rural, 2 = suburban, 3 = urban

      None

      Ordinal