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  • Combining Two Categorical Variables into One Categorical Variable with

    From Jourdan Wilson@21:1/5 to All on Wed Oct 12 23:25:23 2022
    Hello,

    I am new to SPSS and need some help. I have two categorical variables (var1 and var2) which are coded 0 - No, 1 - Yes. I am trying to assign participants to one of four groups based on these two variables.

    The four groups would be:
    Group 1 - var1 = 0, var2 = 0
    Group 2 - var1 = 0, var 2 =1
    Group 3 - var1=1, var2 = 0
    Group 4 - var1 = 1, var2 = 1

    Can anyone here explain to me how to do this, preferably in plain English, because I am not very knowledgeable about SPSS or coding.

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  • From Rich Ulrich@21:1/5 to wilsonjc1943@gmail.com on Thu Oct 13 13:23:01 2022
    On Wed, 12 Oct 2022 23:25:23 -0700 (PDT), Jourdan Wilson <wilsonjc1943@gmail.com> wrote:

    Hello,

    I am new to SPSS and need some help. I have two categorical variables (var1 and var2) which are coded 0 - No, 1 - Yes. I am trying to assign participants to one of four groups based on these two variables.

    The four groups would be:
    Group 1 - var1 = 0, var2 = 0
    Group 2 - var1 = 0, var 2 =1
    Group 3 - var1=1, var2 = 0
    Group 4 - var1 = 1, var2 = 1

    Can anyone here explain to me how to do this, preferably in plain English, because I am not very knowledgeable about SPSS or coding.

    COMPUTE Grp = 2*var1 + var2 + 1.

    Check/clean your data beforehand so that you know the only
    values present for var1 and var2 are zero and one.

    Sometimes, to make a legitimate Group of "missing", one would add,
    RECODE grp(SYSMIS=5).

    --
    Rich Ulrich

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