Data instructions overview

California Inventory for Family Assessment (CIFA)

The CIFA is copyright (c) 1989, 1992, 1996

by Paul D. Werner, Ph.D. and Robert-Jay Green, Ph.D.

Data entry instructions for scoring with SPSS, and SPSS syntax for checking data entry

When expressly authorized to do so by Drs. Werner and Green, researchers may score their CIFAs through use of our SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) setups for computerized scoring of the CIFA. The scoring programs require entry of data in one of two a particular formats, which are described in web pages below.

Step 1: Read this before you start data entry

Step 2: Enter and check your data

• Data entry in SPSS file format -- with this method, data entry is slower (there are more keystrokes), but data entry errors are less likely to be made

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