An example of a modified VariableTypes file to be used to Revalue SampleData.
Format
A data frame with 11 columns and 138 rows:
- Variable
Variable name, as listed in column name of data file.
- Label
Variable label, as desired in tables and figures.
- Type
How the variable should be treated, e.g., continuous (double) or categorical.
- Category
Optional for future filtering: the category type this variable belongs to.
- Recode
0 or 1, indicating whether or not this variable should be recoded.
- Code
If the variable should be recoded, how it should be recoded.
- Notes
Optional notes for the variable.
- Exclude
Optional for filtering: whether or not this variable should be excluded.
- Subcategory
Optional additional categories for the variable.
- Include
Optional for filtering: whether or not this variable should be included.
- MissingCode
Optional: if a value should be considered NA.
Examples
data(SampleVariableTypes)
head(SampleVariableTypes)
#> Variable Label Type Category Recode Code
#> 1 Diagnosis Diagnosis Categorical <NA> <NA> <NA>
#> 2 age Age Double <NA> <NA> <NA>
#> 3 sex Sex Categorical <NA> yes 0 = Female; 1 = Male
#> 4 Group Group Categorical <NA> <NA> <NA>
#> 5 Race Race Categorical <NA> <NA> <NA>
#> 6 Marital Marital Status Categorical <NA> <NA> <NA>
#> Notes Exclude Subcategory Include MissingCode
#> 1 NA NA 1 NA
#> 2 NA NA 1 999
#> 3 NA NA 1 NA
#> 4 NA NA NA NA
#> 5 NA NA NA NA
#> 6 NA NA NA NA