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    Chapter 4. Basic data management > Recoding variables

    4.3. Recoding variables

    Recoding involves creating new values of a variable conditional on the existing values of the same and/or other variables. For example, you may want to

    • Change a continuous variable into a set of categories

    • Replace miscoded values with correct values

    • Create a pass/fail variable based on a set of cutoff scores


      

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