What is the “double notation” (text/numeric) of values?
In STATISTICA, each value may have two identities: numeric (e.g., 1) and text (e.g., Male). This double notation simplifies the use of text values. For example, when entering data, you could enter the values 1 and 2 in variable Gender to refer to males and females, respectively. Later, you can type Male into any cell containing a 1, and at the point when you complete the entry, all 1’s in this column will automatically change to Male. In other words, because 1 did not have a text equivalent, the program will understand that you intended to assign the text value Male to 1 in this variable. You can repeat the same steps for 2 and Female. This feature simplifies entering text values; at the same time you do not lose any advantages of using the numeric data (they can still be used in subsequent numeric analyses). For more information, see also the next topic. How to enter/edit the assignments between numeric and text values: Normally, the assignments between text and numeric values are han
