massimiliano stacchini and/or baldo continis
>
> I've a discrete variable composed by six categories
> and I want to reduce the number of categories from six
> to two. In other terms I have to unify three
> categories into one and residual three categories into
> another one.
> How can I get this new variable?
> thanks for your suggestion.
There are lots of ways to do it. What is
easiest depends on the details.
-recode- is one way.
Nick
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