collapse_factor_levels: Collapse Factor Levels for a Specific Parameter

In beezdemand: Behavioral Economic Easy Demand

Collapse Factor Levels for a Specific Parameter

Description

Internal helper to apply level collapsing for a single parameter (Q0 or alpha). Creates new columns with suffix to avoid modifying original factor columns.

Usage

collapse_factor_levels(data, collapse_spec, factors, suffix)

Arguments

data	A data frame.
collapse_spec	Named list of factor collapse specifications. Structure: list(factor_name = list(new_level = c(old_levels), ...)).
factors	Character vector of factor names in the model.
suffix	Character suffix for new column names (e.g., "Q0" or "alpha").

Value

A list with:

• data: Modified data frame with new collapsed factor columns

• new_factor_names: Character vector of new factor column names to use

• info: List with original and new levels for each collapsed factor

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