storing fill-in-the-blank responses as numeric in SPSS

[Cassiopeia]

Here it is. Thank you so much for your quick reply! I need to start the experiment ASAP, so I appreciate the fast response.

I have several fill-in-the-blank screens; all but one need to be recorded numerically in SPSS. (Those all begin "On a scale of 0 to 100..."; the exception does not begin that way.) The last time I tested it, one or two of those were recording numerically (and thus correctly): "rg2" was, plus maybe another one. "Write as Text" was checked for rg2, so I re-checked that box for the other screens. I've tried it both ways, and no dice.

By the way, the durations of the screens are set short for testing purposes...so you may need to enter your answers quickly if/when you test-run the experiment.

Oh--and I'll look into changing the "press enter" message, as you suggest, when I get into the office tomorrow.

Again, thanks a lot for your help!