The form of data organization depends on the statistical procedures you plan to perform.

Statistical analysis of the data may involve data collected in the form of a contingency table or raw data. With this, it is possible to convert the data:

• from a contingency table to the raw form – via the Data menu → Create raw data…,
• from raw form to contingency table – via the Data menu → Create table…

1. Data in the form of raw records, is data organized in such a way that each row contains information about a different study object (patient, company, etc.)

1. Contingency table, is a table showing the joint distribution of two variables. The inside of the table are the observed values (natural numbers).