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M2020-733 · Question #42
You have been asked to create a categorical variable from a scale variable, income, illustrated in the histogram below. The resulting categorical variable must have 5 categories with an…
The correct answer is B. Use the automatic option Equal Percentiles Based on Scanned Cases. See the full explanation below for the reasoning.
Question
You have been asked to create a categorical variable from a scale variable, income, illustrated in the histogram below. The resulting categorical variable must have 5 categories with an approximately equal number of cases in each category. Which way would you accomplish this using the IBM SPSS Statistics Visual Binning dialog?
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Options
- AUse the automatic option Equal Width Intervals
- BUse the automatic option Equal Percentiles Based on Scanned Cases
- CUse the automatic option Outpoints at Mean and Selected Standard Deviations Based on
- DSpecify Cut points manually at 10000, 20000, 30000, 40000 & 50000.
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(39 responses)- A8% (3)
- B85% (33)
- C3% (1)
- D5% (2)
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