Create New Variables - Top 2 Category Variable(s) (Top 2 Boxes)
Create new variable(s) that show the respondents who selected the top 2 options
This QScript creates new variables that show the proportion of respondents who selected the top 2 options in Pick One and Pick One - Multi questions (i.e., it computes what is commonly referred to as 'Top 2 Box' scores). Categories which look like Don't Know options will not be included in the top boxes, and when such categories are identified the script will give you the option to remove them.
Example
The table on the left shows a SUMMARY table of a Pick One - Multi question . The table on the right shows a SUMMARY of the Pick Any question created by this QScript. Note that the computation is performed prior to rounding, which is why the calculation does not appear to add up correctly.
Technical details
The top options are identified by looking at the numeric Value for each category that is not selected as Missing Data in the Values, and choosing the highest. The script will:
- Ask you if you want to consider questions whose categories suggest that they may be scale questions (for example, 5-point agreement scales).
- Ask you to select which questions to generate new variables for.
- Give you the option to remove categories which look like Don't Know options. This is equivalent to setting the category as Missing Data.
- Create new variables for the top 2 categories of each selected question .
# Produce a new folder in your report showing the new questions .
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.
Customizing QScripts in Q4.11 and more recent versions
- 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
JavaScript
includeWeb('QScript Functions for Combining Categories');
var k = 2;
var is_bottom = false;
if (!createTopOrBottomBoxVariables(k, is_bottom))
log("QScript Canceled.")
See also
- QScript for more general information about QScripts.
- QScript Examples Library for other examples.
- Online JavaScript Libraries for the libraries of functions that can be used when writing QScripts.
- QScript Reference for information about how QScript can manipulate the different elements of a project.
- JavaScript for information about the JavaScript programming language.
- Table JavaScript and Plot JavaScript for tools for using JavaScript to modify the appearance of tables and charts.
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