On 10 Jan 2003 08:39:38 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ronny Richardson) wrote: > I'm have a question about the Windows version of SPSS 9.0. I have a > variable called TAX that has five levels: > > 1 Definitely No > 2 Probability No > 3 Undecided > 4 Probability Yes > 5 Definitely Yes > > In calculating the crosstabs, I would like to have SPSS lump 1&2 together > and 4&5 together. I know I can just add them together manually but is there > a way to tell SPSS to do it for me? >
That is called RECODE. RECODE varx(1,2=1)(3=2)(4,5=3) into varxx . - You should find, anywhere, a Primer for SPSS. - The SPSS group, more appropriate for SPSS questions, is comp.soft-sys.stat.spss -- Rich Ulrich, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.pitt.edu/~wpilib/index.html . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
