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You may want the content of the cells to be statistics calculated on a variable (or variables). For example, you may wish to use Age in rows, Gender in columns, but you want the content of the cells to be an average of a third question (for example, “Safety,” which has a scale from 1 to 5. To do this, the Safety question must be inserted in the Data Dimension.
If the table is not yet displayed (as a result of clicking the Refresh button), you can drop the Safety component directly in the “Drop Data Here” field .as shown below.
Figure 1 - Dragging "Safety" into the Drop Data Here field
If the inner part of the table is already filled with a preview of a table, you can drop it into the upper left corner .
Figure 2 - Dragging "Safety" into the Data Dimension
Note: Only numeric questions or those that have weights defined when set up in Forsta Plus (in the answer list) can be used in the Data Dimension.
You select the type of statistics that are to be displayed for the question in the Data Dimension, in the header variable properties for that question (go to Header Variable Property Sheet Overview for more information). In this case, Average is selected . The resulting table is displayed below:
Figure 3 - Using the Data Dimension
You can add more than one variable to the Data Dimension. In this case, the table will be extended with text to explain which of the questions in the Data Dimension the value refers to, and the values will be nested under the variable(s) either in rows or in columns (go to Data Dimension Target for more information).