The Survey of Natural and Social Scientists and Engineers, 1972-1978 dataset is typically used by researchers who are familiar with statistical software programs such as SPSS or SAS. These programs are used to analyze the data and determine statistical patterns.
If you look at the data file itself, you might see something like this:
100108622061123100000000570430110000000000000430007221162221120020011300
100108622060000000000000000000000000020010029929299111913440001125242434
100108622060444242000200414444490134211110002221111200237507020000000002
100108622060122221122221220000000001122031201000052015825232000340000000
100108622060022222212212222222222222222222222222222222222220022222222122
100108622060022222222222212222222212222220000000000000000000000000000000
100202210411023100000000100330210000000000000290006221042100020020001110
100202210410200000000000200000000000012921030122223212223410009014222231
To help you make sense of the numbers, each dataset has a codebook that
explains which numbers and columns represent which questions or variables.
However, when analyzed by hand, it can be a tedious and difficult process.
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