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Note: As "Normal" multi questions are checkboxes that are either selected (Yes) or not selected (No), these cannot be recoded.
When you recode Numeric or Numeric List questions, you will be asked to specify ‘From’ and ‘To’ values and to assign labels to the created categories .
Figure 1 - Recoding an open text question
Click the Add button to add new categories and the Remove button to remove any unwanted categories.
If you wish to create a range of equally large categories, specify the number of categories, the range, and click the Go button .as shown below.
Figure 2 - Specifying a range of equal categories
The categories are then created with the appropriate To and From values.
If you need to change an operator for a category, click on it .
Figure 3 - Changing the operators
The Categories Builder does not allow you to skip a category. For example, you cannot define a category ‘0 to 20’ and then ’40 to 60 - the system will require a ’20 to 40’ category to be created in between. If however you do not wish do display the results for a particular category, you can mask it by checking the Mask box next to the category .
Figure 4 - Masking a category