The CS3Data data file has already been read by GenStat and a number of factors and levels defined. Notice how, after exporting this file to Excel, the uppermost rows in the Excel file have been used to describe the variables that are stored below. This provides a useful method for documenting the data. This would normally be done once all statistical analysis had been completed and the data are ready for archiving. Of course, the documented file may need to be read again. When opening the file in GenStat, the user must request that the first four non-empty rows to be skipped and state that the column names must appear in row 5 (i.e. click 'Next', then 'Specified Range' and type 5 in box alongside).
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