# Create New Variables - Scale Variable(s) - Unit Interval Within Variable

Save variable(s) scaled to have a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 1

This QScript transformation creates for each selected questionvariable set a new questionvariable set containing the transformed data after scaling each variable so all its values are between 0 and 1.

## Example

Consider the data below

For each column/variable in the data, this QScript will subtract the minimum of the column from each entry and then divide by the range (maximum minus minimum) of the column to yield the following

## How to apply this QScript

• Start typing the name of the QScript into the Search features and data box in the top right of the Q window.
• Click on the QScript when it appears in the QScripts and Rules section of the search results.

OR

• Select Automate > Browse Online Library.
• Select this QScript from the list.

## Customizing the QScript

This QScript is written in JavaScript and can be customized by copying and modifying the JavaScript.

• Start typing the name of the QScript into the Search features and data box in the top right of the Q window.
• Hover your mouse over the QScript when it appears in the QScripts and Rules section of the search results.
• Press Edit a Copy (bottom-left corner of the preview).
• Modify the JavaScript (see QScripts for more detail on this).
• Either:
• Run the QScript, by pressing the blue triangle button.
• Save the QScript and run it at a later time, using Automate > Run QScript (Macro) from File.

### Customizing QScripts in older versions

includeWeb("QScript Scale Functions");