Interview Filters

An interview filter is a special global filter based on the status of data collected using IBM® SPSS® Data Collection Interviewer Server. You can change the settings for the interview filter using the Interview Filter dialog box. For example, you can apply a filter to display only completed interviews, or to display test interview results.

To open the Interview Filter dialog box, select the Global Filter pane and choose

or choose the Interview Filter button.

Fields on the Interview Filter Dialog Box

Respondent data only. Select this option if you want to include only data from real interviews.

Test data only. Select this option if you want to include only test data.

All data. Select this option if you want to select test data and real interview data.

Filter on collection time. Check this box to restrict the data to that collected within a specific time period, and use the drop-down list boxes to select the range of dates.

Interview status. Use the check boxes in this section to select cases on the basis of the outcome of the interview and whether the interview is marked as active (which generally means it is still in progress). You can select one or more options in this section. The options are:

• Completed successfully

• Active/in progress

• Timed out

• Stopped by script

• Stopped by respondent

• Interview system shut down

• Reviewed

• Signal (terminated by a signal statement in the script)

Default Interview Filter

By default, the interview filter includes test and real data in completed interviews.