Date:         Thu, 6 Apr 2000 08:17:25 -0400
Reply-To:     Paige Miller <paige.miller@KODAK.COM>
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From:         Paige Miller <paige.miller@KODAK.COM>
Organization: Eastman Kodak Company
Subject:      Re: PRINCOMP Question
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sam wrote:
>
> Hi,all
>
> Can PRINCOMP be used to analyze categorical data? Does it need any specific
> option?

If the categorical data are numbers, yes, PRINCOMP *can* be used. No
special option that I can think of is needed.

Is it a good idea? Well, I don't know, a lot more info about your
problem would be needed before I could answer whether or not it is a
good idea.

--
Paige Miller
Eastman Kodak Company
paige.miller@kodak.com
"It's nothing until I call it!" -- Bill Klem, NL Umpire