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Create groups from quantiles

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Next selectCreate groups
Next selectfrom quantiles

Description

Categorizes a continuous variable by generating a new categorical variable with group numbers based on the quantiles of the continuous variable.

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Create groups from quantiles

Click OK to proceed. The selected column in the spreadsheet is filled with the group numbers (e.g. 1, 2, 3 and 4) corresponding with the quantiles of the continuous variable.

Create groups from quantiles

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