On Wed, 7 Jul 2004, Doran, Harold wrote: > Dear List: >
?cut > > > I have searched the archives and my R books and cannot find a method to > transform a continuous variable into a binary variable. For example, I > have test score data along a continuous scale. I want to create a new > variable in my dataset that is 1=above a cutpoint (or passed the test) > and 0=otherwise. > > > > My instinct tells me that this will require a combination of the > transform command along with a conditional selection. Any help is much > appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > Harold > > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > -- Roger Bivand Economic Geography Section, Department of Economics, Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration, Breiviksveien 40, N-5045 Bergen, Norway. voice: +47 55 95 93 55; fax +47 55 95 93 93 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://www.stat.math.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
