Data Management of Large Hierarchical Data

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Documentation for package ‘eatGADS’ version 1.2.0

• DESCRIPTION file.
• User guides, package vignettes and other documentation.
• Package NEWS.

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applyChangeMeta	Apply Meta Data Changes.
applyChangeMeta.valChanges	Apply Meta Data Changes.
applyChangeMeta.varChanges	Apply Meta Data Changes.
applyLookup	Recode via lookup table.
applyLookup_expandVar	Recode via lookup table into multiple variables.
applyNumCheck	Apply recodes according to a numerical check data.frame.
assimilateValLabels	Assimilate value labels.
autoRecode	Auto recode a variable in a 'GADSdat'.
calculateScale	Calculate a scale.
cbind.GADSdat	Bind two 'GADSdat' objects into a single 'GADSdat' object by columns.
changeMissings	Change missing code.
changeSPSSformat	Change SPSS format.
changeValLabels	Change value labels.
changeVarLabels	Change variable labels.
changeVarNames	Change Variable Names.
check4SPSS	Check 'SPSS' Compliance of Meta Data
checkEmptyValLabels	Check Value Labels
checkFormat	Check and Adjust SPSS Format
checkMissings	Check and Adjust Missing Tags
checkMissingsByValues	Check and Adjust Missing Tags
checkMissingValLabels	Check Value Labels
checkTrendStructure	Checks compatibility of two 'eatGADS' data bases.
checkUniqueness	Check uniqueness of a variable.
checkUniqueness2	Check uniqueness of a variable.
checkValue	Check for a specific value
checkVarNames	Check names for 'SQLite' column name conventions.
clean_cache	Clean temporary cache.
cloneVariable	Clone a variable.
collapseColumns	Collapse two columns of a lookup table.
collapseMC_Text	Recode a multiple choice variable according to a character variable.
collapseMultiMC_Text	Recode multiple choice variable with multiple variables.
compareGADS	Compare two GADS.
composeVar	Create a composite variable.
convertCase	Modify upper and lower case for strings.
convertCase.GADSdat	Modify upper and lower case for strings.
createGADS	Create an 'eatGADS' data base.
createLookup	Extract values for recoding.
createNumCheck	Create data.frame for specification of numerical plausibility checks.
createVariable	Create a variable.
dropDuplicateIDs	Drop duplicate IDs in a 'GADSdat'.
dummies2char	Transform dummy variables to character variables.
emptyTheseVariables	Set variables to 'NA'.
equalData	Test if two 'GADSdat' objects are (nearly) equal
equalGADS	Test if two 'GADSdat' objects are (nearly) equal
equalMeta	Test if two 'GADSdat' objects are (nearly) equal
export_tibble	Transform a 'GADSdat' to a 'tibble'
extractData	Extract Data
extractData2	Extract Data 2
extractDataOld	Extract Data while merging linking errors.
extractGADSdat	Extract single 'GADSdat' from 'all_GADSdat'
extractMeta	Get Meta Data
extractVars	Extract or remove variables from a 'GADSdat'.
fac2dummies	Transform a factor variable to dummy variables.
fac2dummies_complex	Transform a complex factor variable to dummy variables.
fillImputations	Fill imputed values.
fixEncoding	Remove special characters.
getChangeMeta	Extract table for Meta Data Changes.
getGADS	Get data from GADS data base.
getGADS_fast	Get data from GADS data base fast from server directory.
getTrendGADS	Get data for trend reports.
getTrendGADSOld	Get data for trend reports.
import_convertLabel	Import an object imported via 'convertLabel'
import_DF	Import R 'data.frame'
import_raw	Import R data frame with explicit meta data sheets
import_raw2	Import R data frame with a explicit meta data sheet
import_RDS	Import 'RDS' file
import_spss	Import SPSS data
import_stata	Import 'Stata' data
import_tibble	Import 'tibble'
insertVariable	Reorder a single variable in a 'GADSdat'.
inspectDifferences	Inspect differences in a variable.
inspectMetaDifferences	Inspect meta data differences in a variable.
labelsGADS	Labels from relational 'eatGADS' data base.
matchValues_varLabels	Match regular expressions and variable names.
merge.GADSdat	Merge two 'GADSdat' objects into a single 'GADSdat' object.
mergeLabels	Prepare data and metadata
miss2NA	Recode Missings to 'NA'
multiChar2fac	Transform one or multiple character variables to factor.
namesGADS	Variables names of a GADS.
orderLike	Order the variables in a 'GADSdat'.
pisa	PISA Plus Example Data
recode2NA	Recode values to 'NA'.
recodeGADS	Recode variables.
recodeNA2missing	Recode 'NAs' to Missing.
recodeString2NA	Recode a string to 'NA'.
relocateVariable	Reorder a single variable in a 'GADSdat'.
remove2NAchar	Shorten multiple text variables while giving NA codes.
removeEmptyValLabels	Remove unused value labels and missing tags.
removeValLabels	Remove value labels and missing tags.
removeVars	Extract or remove variables from a 'GADSdat'.
reuseMeta	Use meta data for variables from another 'GADSdat'.
splitGADS	Split 'GADSdat' into hierarchy levels.
stringAsNumeric	Transform string to numeric.
subImputations	Substitute imputed values.
updateMeta	Update meta data.
write_spss	Write a 'GADSdat' object to a file
write_spss2	Write a 'GADSdat' object to 'txt' and 'SPSS' syntax
write_stata	Write a 'GADSdat' object to a file