How to transform a new variable in JASP?
Hi JASP friends,
Could anybody help explain and guide me pedagogically on how to transform a continuous variable (e.g., age) into a categorical variable dichotomized into two levels (e.g., under 26 and 26 and over) in JASP?
Grateful for the help.
Per, the JASP lover
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Insert new column using R code called AtLeast26:
as.numeric(Age >= 26)
@patc3 I am not R person.🤪 Any other way (more drag and drop)?
Hi. After I cant turn this into a categorical variable (with labeling).
@patc3 @EJ
It looks like you can't change labels for a nominal variable (where the value itself can act as a label, since text is allowed). If you want a numeric value (which you can use in analyses) with labels, you can change the variable type to scale (currently yours is nominal):
@EJ could you please guide me?
You're welcome for the help Per 🙃
Did you try to change the values when it's a nominal variable, or change the labels when it's a numeric variable? Either way you can get the text you want. You can try both too and see which one you like best/works best for you.
You can even create two versions of the same variable, one scale with text labels, and one nominal with text values.
I refer to patc3 here. I do not use these data editing tools a lot myself. Feel free to suggest improvements on our GitHub page...
EJ