Minitab Cookbook

Coding a numeric column to text values

In the pulse worksheet, the Activity column lists the usual level of activity of the students in the study, where 1 denotes slight activity, 2 is moderate activity, and 3 stands for a lot of activity.

We will change the numeric values of Activity from 1, 2, and 3 into Slight, Moderate, and High.

Getting ready

Use File and Open Worksheet to open the pulse.mtw dataset worksheet from the sample Minitab data folder.

How to do it…

The following instructions will convert the values of 1, 2, and 3 in the Activity column to Slight, Moderate, and High:

1. In the Data menu, navigate to Code | Numeric to Text.
2. Enter the Activity column into Code data from columns.
3. Enter the Activity column into the section Store coded data in ...