Can't change variable's type
Hi,
I downloaded open source demographic data from governmental source in .csv.
Once I uploaded it on JASP, the variable "death" which is the number of death should be continuous since it is nominal by default. The problem is that I can't change the nature of nominal variable.
However I can easily change variables from a continuous, to categorical and nominal, and vice versa.
Is it about the file itself, how the data has been transcripted through .csv and than JASP ?
Is it because it is a nominal variable with the white "a" on the icon ? What does "a" mean ?
Also, I can't change the value on the variable. Is it normal ?
Thanks for your help
Comments
Dear Guillaume,
The "a" means it is an alphabetical (text) variable. So at least one of the entries has text, and this is also why you can't change the type -- JASP cannot guess what number the string should have.
Cheers,
E.J.