Calculator – using an if statement
If statements can be useful tools in extracting information from a column or in reformatting data. Here, we will recode the values in the pulse worksheet.
In the pulse dataset, the C4 smokes column indicates if an individual is a smoker. 1 indicates a regular smoker and 2 stands for those who do not smoke. We will use an if statement to replace the numeric values for smokers and nonsmokers.
Getting ready
The data used here is one of the example files that come with Minitab. Open the pulse.mtw worksheet from the sample Minitab data folder by going to the File menu and clicking on Open Worksheet. Select the icon Look in Minitab Sample Data folder.
How to do it…
The following instructions will convert the values of ...
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