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by dak
Fri Oct 25, 2024 1:26 pm
Forum: General
Topic: limitations on nominal variables
Replies: 0
Views: 1376

limitations on nominal variables

I'm sure you get complaints on all sides, but thought I would advocate for tightening/returning the restrictions around calculating with numbers from nominal variables. It is confusing to create means, show histograms, allow them as regression DVs, etc. I'm guessing the disagreement comes over the t...
by dak
Fri Mar 20, 2020 5:12 pm
Forum: General
Topic: "Import" is confusing
Replies: 2
Views: 2754

"Import" is confusing

The Import feature is great and I get why it is called Import. However, in similar software, Import typically means "open a file that is in another format". Consequently, I keep seeing students use Import when trying to open an SPSS file, for example. They don't seem to pick up on the dist...
by dak
Tue Feb 19, 2019 10:25 pm
Forum: General
Topic: Feature?: Convert Text to Factor/Integer
Replies: 3
Views: 10523

Feature?: Convert Text to Factor/Integer

Use case: - Ordinal data as text in Excel/csv (e.g., "Strongly Agree", "Agree", etc). - Imported into Jamovi as Text - Want to calculate mean (or do other numeric things like "greater than" to get all Agree's) The only way I can think of is to use Transform to create an...