Examine the original Pew Shop education variable. Take this eight-category variable and plan a recode for a fi ve-category variable, where the educational categories are  Less than high school diploma...

Examine the original Pew Shop education variable. Take this eight-category variable and plan a recode for a fi ve-category variable, where the educational categories are

 Less than high school diploma

 High school diploma

 Some college

 Bachelor’s degree

 Beyond bachelor’s

In your plan, explicitly lay out what new value each old value will be recoded into. Don’t carry it out; just plan it.