> ######### Generate n=30 observations from Normal with mean=10 and SD=9 > vec1<-rnorm(30,10 ,9) > > vec1 [1] 2.22291562 11.50199530 16.92193190 9.44570397 21.93644176 13.63682677 22.02488952 14.55572916 8.60853717 4.91032621 -5.53497885 20.60865627 [13] 20.49993573 -0.05165645 0.56842967 -0.55399406 8.69629780 1.02993680 2.59011827 18.71027607 4.74164980 5.42508909 16.55819195 17.95701268 [25] 2.36378439 13.64130019 25.87822665 3.22077925 0.84679924 0.50391216 > > ######### Initialize vec2 for Likert storage > vec2<-rep(NA,30) > vec2 [1] NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA > > ######### Create categorical Likert using logical operators > vec2[vec1<=qnorm(.20,10,9)]="Low" > vec2[vec1>qnorm(.20,10,9) & vec1<=qnorm(.40,10,9)]="Low-Mid" > vec2[vec1>qnorm(.40,10,9) & vec1<=qnorm(.60,10,9)]="Middle" > vec2[vec1>qnorm(.60,10,9) & vec1<=qnorm(.80,10,9)]="Mid-High" > vec2[vec1>qnorm(.80,10,9)]="High" > ######### Initialize vec3 for Likert storage > vec3<-rep(NA,30) > vec3 [1] NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA > > ######### Create numerical Likert > vec3<-rep(NA,30) > vec3[vec1<=qnorm(.20,10,9)]=1 > vec3[vec1>qnorm(.20,10,9) & vec1<=qnorm(.40,10,9)]=2 > vec3[vec1>qnorm(.40,10,9) & vec1<=qnorm(.60,10,9)]=3 > vec3[vec1>qnorm(.60,10,9) & vec1<=qnorm(.80,10,9)]=4 > vec3[vec1>qnorm(.80,10,9)]=5 > > cbind(vec1,vec2,vec3) vec1 vec2 vec3 [1,] "2.22291561713552" "Low" "1" [2,] "11.5019952957777" "Middle" "3" [3,] "16.921931896917" "Mid-High" "4" [4,] "9.44570396785374" "Middle" "3" [5,] "21.936441760283" "High" "5" [6,] "13.6368267701268" "Mid-High" "4" [7,] "22.0248895201799" "High" "5" [8,] "14.5557291577566" "Mid-High" "4" [9,] "8.60853717350829" "Middle" "3" [10,] "4.91032621009245" "Low-Mid" "2" [11,] "-5.53497884706063" "Low" "1" [12,] "20.6086562744806" "High" "5" [13,] "20.4999357338484" "High" "5" [14,] "-0.0516564484029889" "Low" "1" [15,] "0.568429671773474" "Low" "1" [16,] "-0.553994055885202" "Low" "1" [17,] "8.69629779889798" "Middle" "3" [18,] "1.02993679879524" "Low" "1" [19,] "2.59011826964375" "Low-Mid" "2" [20,] "18.7102760669909" "High" "5" [21,] "4.74164980290352" "Low-Mid" "2" [22,] "5.4250890905658" "Low-Mid" "2" [23,] "16.5581919493113" "Mid-High" "4" [24,] "17.9570126828948" "High" "5" [25,] "2.36378439038029" "Low" "1" [26,] "13.641300190615" "Mid-High" "4" [27,] "25.8782266462673" "High" "5" [28,] "3.22077924913933" "Low-Mid" "2" [29,] "0.84679923631457" "Low" "1" [30,] "0.503912163783978" "Low" "1"