To Bin Variables
- From the menus in the Data Editor window choose:
- Select the numeric scale and/or ordinal variables for
which you want to create new categorical (binned) variables.
Note: String variables and nominal numeric variables are not displayed in the source variable list. Visual Binning requires numeric variables, measured on either a scale or ordinal level, since it assume that the data values represent some logical order that can be used to group values in a meaningful fashion.
- Select a variable in the Scanned Variable List.
- Enter a name for the new binned variable. Variable names must be unique and must follow variable naming rules. See the topic Variable names for more information.
- Define the binning criteria for the new variable. See the topic Binning Variables for more information.
- Click OK.