how to translate string values to numeric values in SmartPL

esmat_wahdain · Post by **esmat_wahdain** » Mon Nov 04, 2013 6:04 am

Hello guys.
I'm new in using SmartPLS, in my questionnaire(google docs), I have some fields contain values like(intermediate-advanced), and I know that the resulted excel .CSV file must have only numeric data, how can I translate these values to numeric ones?!
thanx

Diogenes · Post by **Diogenes** » Fri Nov 08, 2013 7:36 pm

Hi Esmat,

The common procedure is:

1 = basic
2 =
3 = intermediate
4 =
5 = advanced

The idea is that the indicator is ordinal, but the sum of many indicators are about interval (summated rating scale).

Best regards,
Bido