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Import and organize data
Order and group the data files
c Select Non-Numeric for the Parameter type for your grouping when the grouping
is not a quantitative value.
Figure 45
Non-Numeric Parameter Type during Experiment Grouping
d Click the sample rows, while pressing the Shift or Ctrl key as necessary, to select
the samples that are part of the first attribute of the typed parameter name.
e Click Assign Value after the rows have been selected.
f Type Control in the Assign Value dialog box.
g Click OK.
Assign additional parameter
values for the first, or only,
independent variable
a Click the sample rows, while pressing the Shift or Ctrl key as necessary, to select
the samples that are part of the next attribute value within the parameter name.
b Click Assign Value after the rows have been selected.
c Type Infected in the Assign Value dialog box.
d Click OK.
e Repeat the row selection and Assign Value process as necessary to complete the
assignment of the samples to each of the attribute values for the independent
variable.
f Click OK when all of the attribute values (Assign Value) are assigned to the current independent variable (Parameter Name).
Assign parameter values for
the second independent variable
a Click Add Parameter to begin parameter assignment for the next independent
variable. Otherwise skip to “Assign parameter values for the remaining independent variables” on page 70.
b Type a brief, descriptive name for the second independent variable into the
Parameter Name. Type Treatment for the two-variable experiment example.
c Select Numeric for the Parameter type for your grouping when the values are
quantitative or reflect a degree of proportionality among the samples with respect
to the independent variable.
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