R/BIFIE_multiple_groupings_helper.R

In BIFIEsurvey: Tools for Survey Statistics in Educational Assessment

## File Name: BIFIE_multiple_groupings_helper.R
## File Version: 0.14

# multiple grouping helper functions
BIFIE_create_pseudogroup <- function( datalistM, group, group_index, group_values )
{
    GR <- length(group)
    res0 <- list( "datalistM"=datalistM, "group_orig"=group,
                "group"=group, "group_index"=group_index,
                "GR"=GR, "group_values"=group_values)

    #****************
    #*** multiple groupings
    if (GR>1){
        group_values <- as.list( 1:GR )
        for (gg in 1:GR){
            t1 <- bifie_table( datalistM[, group_index[gg] ] )
            group_values[[gg]] <- sort( as.numeric( paste( names(t1) ) ))
        }
        res0$group_values_orig <- group_values

        datalistM2 <- datalistM[, group_index]
        for (gg in 1:GR){
            datalistM2[,gg] <- match( datalistM2[,gg], group_values[[gg]] )
        }
        maxval_exp <- 3
        maxval <- 10^maxval_exp
        res0$maxval <- maxval
        pseudogroup <- datalistM2[,1]
        for (gg in 2:GR){
            pseudogroup <- pseudogroup + maxval^(gg-1) * datalistM2[,gg]
        }
        t1 <- bifie_table( pseudogroup )
        group_values <- sort( as.numeric( paste( names(t1) ) ))
        res0$group_values <- group_values

        #**** group values recalculated in original values
        group_values_recode <- matrix( NA, nrow=length(group_values), ncol=GR )

        for (gg in 1:GR){
            group_values_recode[,gg] <- group_values / maxval^(GR-gg)
        }
        for (gg in 1:GR){
            group_values_recode[,gg] <- round( group_values_recode[,gg], 0 )
        }
        for (gg in 2:GR){
            group_values_recode[,gg] <- group_values_recode[,gg] %% ( maxval )
        }
        group_values_recode <- group_values_recode[, seq(GR,1,-1) ]
        for (gg in 1:GR){
            h1 <- res0$group_values_orig[[gg]]
            group_values_recode[,gg] <- h1[ group_values_recode[,gg] ]
        }
        res0$group_values_recode <- group_values_recode
        res0$datalistM <- as.matrix( cbind( datalistM, pseudogroup ) )
        res0$group_index <- ncol(datalistM)+1
        res0$group <- "pseudogroup"
    }
    return(res0)
}