preferred-pole: Get / set preferred construct poles

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Get / set preferred construct poles

Description

Constructs are bipolar, usually with one pole being preferred (positive). Setting the preferred poles may is useful in some analyses.

Usage

preferredPoles(x)

preferredPoles(x) <- value

Arguments

x	A repgrid object.
value	Vector of with preferred poles. One of 'left', 'right', 'none' or NA. Abbreviations are allowsd ('l' for 'left').

Examples

x <- fbb2003

preferredPoles(x) # no preferences assigned yet

# set preference by ideal rating
x <- preferredPolesByIdeal(x, ideal = "as I would love to be")
x <- preferredPolesByIdeal(x, ideal = 7) # same with element index
x

# set preferred poles manually
preferredPoles(x) <- c("left", "right", "left", "r", "l", "l", "l", "r", "r")
x

# change preferance for constructs 1 and 5
preferredPoles(x)[2] <- "left"
x

# remove prefernces
preferredPoles(x) <- NA
x

OpenRepGrid documentation built on Aug. 10, 2025, 5:06 p.m.