Need help giving a response a number value

[ConfusedatWork]

I am trying to set up a new tracking system for our Patient Satisfacion cards
to be used in evaluation staff. I have a system now where I simply plug in
the information into Excel and when it is time for a yearly review, I simply
sort by Physical Therapist. I would like to know if there is a way to give
each response a number value and set up seperate sheets for each Physical
Therapist. Basically I want to enter Excellent on the tracking sheet...but
for that Excellent response...give the Physical Therapist 5 points. Good = 4
points, Okay = 3 points and so on. Is this possible? If so, how the world do
I do it? Thank you so so much for any help. I feel I am pretty good with
Excel so if someone could give me some good directions, I am sure I could
figure it out.

 

[Shane Devenshire]

Hi,

I would use VLOOKUP after creating a little table of your possible results
and their numerical equivalents.

=VLOOKUP(A1,C$1$5,2,)

where A1 contains the result "Excellent" or whatever and C15 is your
lookup table.

 

[ConfusedatWork]

Do I put the table on the same worksheet as everything else?