Multiple response: Define sets

Define multiple response sets

The implicit example here is a question on fears where it was possible to select up to five fears (first, second...).

Select the variables to be part of the set
Indicate that the variables have categories and you would like values (categories) 1 through 11 to be included in the computations (see note below)

Enter a name for the set (maximum 7 characters) and label it.

Click Add to add the current list to the list of defined sets.

Then close the dialog, or if needed define further sets.

Notes

There are in fact two ways to record multiple responses:

In our case we have a list of fears, and the respondent picked one of them saying this is the most important one, then the second and the third and so on.
We could have asked the question differently by asking for each fear whether the respondent has that fear and check all fears mentioned on a list. As there are 11 fears you would need 11 variables, one for each fear and code each variable if the corresponding fear was mentioned 1, and 0 if the fear was not mentioned, i.e. we will create 11 dichotomous variables.