Shortening a Javascript if-else structure

Question

The code I have is:

 var level = function (d) {
    if (value(d) > median + stdev) {
        return 1;
    } else if (value(d) > median) {
        return 2         


        

Answer 1

To complete the set, here is the switch way referenced by @austin :

var level = function (d) {
  var d = value(d) - median;
  switch (true) {
  case d > stdev : return 1;
  case d > 0:      return 2;
  case d > -stdev: return 3;
  default:         return 4;
  }
};