Dataset Codebook BUS7105, Week 8
Name Source Representation Measurement Meaning
Subject’s Identification Number
Qualtrics Identification Number. Auto generated by Qualtrics software.
Anonymous identification of survey taker
N/A Sequential numbers in order of survey taker completion. Dataset organization purposes only.
Gender Self-reported by survey-taker: Survey Question #1
Survey-taker gender affiliation
Categorical, Dichotomous
1 = Female 2 = Male
Age Self-reported by survey-taker: Survey Question #2
Survey-taker reported age in years
Continuous, Scale Age in whole years.
Education Self-reported by survey-taker: Survey Question #3
Survey-taker education level
Categorical, Nominal 1 = High School Completion 2 = Bachelor’s degree Completion 3 = Master’s Degree Completion
Personality Self-reported by survey-taker: Average of Survey Questions: #4(Reverse Scored), 5, 6, 7 (Reverse Scored), 8, 9(Reverse Scored)
Composite score of Survey-taker degree of introversion to extroversion personality traits.
Likert scale 1 – 7, Interval*
1 = Survey Response: Highly Disagree (Introvert) To 7 = Highly Agree (Extrovert)
Job Satisfaction Self-reported by survey-taker: Average of Survey Questions: #10, 11, 12, 13
Composite score of Survey-taker satisfaction with their current job.
Likert scale 1 – 10, Interval
1 = Very Dissatisfied To 10 = Very Satisfied
Engagement Self-reported by survey-taker: Average of Survey Questions: #18, 19, 22(Reverse Scored)
Composite score of Survey-taker engagement in their current job.
Likert scale 1 – 7, Interval*
1 = Survey Response: Almost None of the Time (Very Low Engagement) To 7 = Survey Response: Almost All of the Time (Very High Engagement)
Trust in Leader Self-reported by survey-taker: Average of Survey Questions: # 15, 16, 17, 21
Composite score of Survey-taker trust in direct leader in their current job.
Likert scale 1 – 7, Interval*
1 = Survey Response: Almost None of the Time (Very Little Trust in Leader) To 7 = Survey Response: Almost All of the Time (Great Deal of Trust in Leader)
Motivation Self-reported by survey-taker: Average of Survey Questions: #14 (Reverse Scored), 20 (Reverse Scored), 23, 24, 25
Composite score of Survey-taker motivation in performing their current job.
Likert scale 1 – 7, Interval*
1 = Survey Response: Almost None of the Time (Not Motivated At All) To 7 = Survey Response: Almost All of the Time (Highly Motivation)
Intent to Quit Job Self-reported by survey-taker:
Composite score of Survey-taker intent to quit their current job.
Likert scale 1 – 7, Interval*
1 = Survey Response: Almost None of the Time (High Intent to Quit Job)
Average of Survey Questions: #26, 27, 28
To 7 = Survey Response: Almost All of the Time (Low Intent to Quit Job)
* Composite scores of multiple Likert scaled survey questions may be deemed interval in most situations. Exceptions include a single Likert
scaled survey question, scale range options less than 5, sample data that are not normally distributed, and certain variable characteristics
(Carifio & Perla, 2008; Sullivan & Artino, 2013). Measurement level assignment in SPSS is nominal, ordinal, and scale. Because meaningful
computations may be performed with interval data; SPSS assumes interval level variables as metric, and they are assigned to the scale
measurement level. See Measurement column in the Variable View tab.
Carifio, J., & Perla, R. (2008). Resolving the 50-year debate around using and misusing Likert scales. Medical Education, 42(12), 1150 1152. https://doi-org.proxy1.ncu.edu/10.1111/j.1365-2923.2008.03172.x Sullivan, G. M., & Artino, A. R., Jr. (2013). Analyzing and interpreting data from likert-type scales. Journal of Graduate Medical Education, 5(4), 541–542. https://doi-org.proxy1.ncu.edu/10.4300/JGME-5-4-18
