lpr_set_attr: Set Variable Attributes from AmericasBarometer Notes (with...

In lapop: Processing, Visualizing, and Labeling Americas Barometer Data

Set Variable Attributes from AmericasBarometer Notes (with propagation)

Description

Applies notes stored in a data frame as attributes to variables in 'data'. If a variable has expanded children (e.g., vb20_1, vb20_2), the attribute is propagated to all of them by default.

Usage

lpr_set_attr(
  data,
  notes,
  noteid = character(),
  attribute_name = character(),
  verbose = FALSE,
  propagate = TRUE,
  overwrite = TRUE
)

Arguments

data	data.frame with variables to annotate
notes	data.frame with columns variable_name, note_id, note_value
noteid	character scalar; which note_id to use (e.g., "qtext_en")
attribute_name	character scalar; attribute name to set (e.g., "qwording_en")
verbose	logical; if TRUE it prints all variables notes available but not found in data
propagate	logical; if TRUE, also set on <varname>_* children. Useful for nominal variables or multiple response options variables. Default TRUE.
overwrite	logical; if FALSE, do not overwrite existing attribute on a variable. Default TRUE.

Value

The input data frame with attributes applied (i.e., question wording)

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