Modify a variable in E-Data Aid

[f.adani]

thank you. i have already went through the tutorial but it doesn't
mention it. so I guess i'll use SPSS.

On Oct 7, 9:14 pm, David McFarlane <mcfar... at msu.edu> wrote:
> >I need to create a new variable in my data spreadsheet, where I can
> >merge the values of two already existing variables. In other words, I
> >already have variable1 and variable2 (with values 1 and 0). Variable1
> >and variable2 are complementary, if variable1 = 1 or 0, variable2=NULL
> >and viceversa.
> >I want to create variable3 where I can merge values 1 and 2 from the
> >two existing variables.
> >I'm sure there's a way to do this, but I can't figure out how...
> >so far I have only created variable3 :-(
>
> If you work through the E-DataAid tutorial in the User's Guide that
> came with E-Prime, you might find that Tools > Analyze will do what
> you need, but I would not guarantee that.  Beyond that, I do not
> think that E-DataAid can do the computations you ask for to create a
> new variable.  You might have to export to Excel or SPSS or whatever
> to do that.
>
> Hope someone else here has a better answer,
> -- David McFarlane, Professionial Faultfinder
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