Hi guys,
I'm wondering if anyone knows how one would go about adding multiple categorical variables together to form a different (overarching) categorical variable?
e.g. I have a group of 10 positive emotions, and I want to combine them to form one variable that comprises of all the positive emotions combined.
Many thanks :)
Thanks Mihiretu, I've tried this but it adds the scores together and treats them as if the variables are scale rather than categorical.
First: The variable you computed need to be in numeric. You can compute the values of the variable by adding each value of the likert scale questions.
Second: Check normal distribution for the newly computed variable using either Shapiro-Wilk test or Kolmogrov-Smirnov test. The use of these methods depends on the size of your sample. If you found out the distribution of the newly computed variable is normal, then define your cut point using mean else median.
Third: Transform the new variable into categorical. You can do this through Recode into different variable. You need to Check whether the values the newly computed variable of each respondent is above or below the calculated mean/median. Then, change the values into either 0 or 1 using if/then function.
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