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Malk020
Fluorite | Level 6

Please, anyone, tell me how to use the reverse function or if there is an alternative way to reverse the Value in a numeric Variable.

 

 

  1. The survey questions were measured on a scale of 0 (least) to 3 (most).

    However, the data were recorded inconsistently by data entry clerks; and questions 2, 3, and 5 (for every visit) were accidentally recorded in the reverse order (0=most and 3=least). Convert questions 2, 3, and 5 for every visit so that they are measured in the same direction as the other questions.

 

What I did is using 


data surveyB;
set survey_1;
backward=reverse('Q3');
put backward=;
run;

proc print data = surveyB; run;

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PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

Simple math will do this. Let's see, you want them to be 0 (least) and 3 (most), but some questions have 3 (least) and 0 (most), then for those questions something like this:

 

correct_score = -score + 3;

 

 

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Paige Miller

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PaigeMiller
Diamond | Level 26

Simple math will do this. Let's see, you want them to be 0 (least) and 3 (most), but some questions have 3 (least) and 0 (most), then for those questions something like this:

 

correct_score = -score + 3;

 

 

--
Paige Miller
Malk020
Fluorite | Level 6
Thank you so much.

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