Which function allows you to create new categories based on existing variable values?

The function that allows you to create new categories based on existing variable values is known as Bucketing Variable Creation. This feature is specifically designed to help users categorize data by grouping existing values into larger, consolidated categories. For instance, if you have a variable that represents ages, you could use bucketing to create age ranges (like 0-18, 19-35, etc.) thereby making it easier to analyze trends and patterns within specific segments.

Bucketing is particularly useful in survey analysis, where respondents' answers can often be grouped for clearer insights. By transforming continuous or categorical variables into more manageable segments, it helps in simplifying the data and making it more interpretable.

The other options pertain to different functions within the Qualtrics platform. Concat Variable Creation focuses on combining string values from different variables, Manual Variable Creation involves creating variables from scratch without relying on existing ones, and Combine Variable Creation is used for merging multiple variables into one. Each of these serves distinct purposes that do not relate to the task of creating new categories based on existing values.