To binarize one or more variables, proceed as follows:
1. Select single or multiple “Integer” or “Floating point” variables with the mouse.
2. Click the Transform
into binary variable icon in the toolbar
above the Variable List and confirm the query.
Therein the variable will be transformed into type “Boolean”, in which all values different from 0 are set to “false” – including the missing values or defined missing values.
Toolbar at the top left of the Variable List
The Transform into text variable
icon allows you to
transform all highlighted (non-text) variables into “Text” type variables.