Using Vividata

Vividata has 5 menus or tabs, each serving a different function in creating a Vividata table:

• Rows and columns is the default; add rows and columns to your table and define how your table will be laid out.
• Filters allows you to limit your results to a segment of the population.
• Calculations provide additional information about the data in your table (e.g., benchmarks, correlation).
• Settings allow you to determine how numbers are displayed (e.g., number of decimals).
• Generate will display your data table.

These two functions help make designing tables more efficient:

• Clear All removes all the variables in your rows and columns and lets you start over with a clean workspace.
• Transpose switches the position of your questions and splits - data in rows move to columns, and the data in columns move to rows. It's important to note that it does not convert questions into splits, or splits into questions.

This space is where you will place the variables you want to display in your table.

• Questions will initially be placed as rows (but you can change this later using the "Transpose" button, if you wish).
• Splits (or split variables) will initially be placed as columns.

More on Vividata variables

Two options control the display of your split variables in the table:

• Split settings allows you to display totals and subtotals. Here's an example of how totals appear in a table:

  		Total		Male		Female
  		Count	%	Count	%	Count	%
  Public Transit - When Last Used	Yesterday	3,748.0	12.1	2,105.1	13.7	1,642.9	10.5

• Nest variable splits determines whether your splits are "nested" (one within another) or displayed side by side in your table. For example, if you want to know how many males and females within each generation use hair styling gel, you would nest Gender inside Age - Generation. (Gender would appear below Age - Generation in your list of splits). If you turn off nesting, they would display side by side, and that data would not be as useful. By default, nesting is turned on.