get_race_data: get_race_data

In iancj88/msuopa: Utility Functions for the MSU OPA Team

Description

Get Bob's IPED's Access race table. The path is optional incase the location changes. The database is currently located at "X:/IRCommon/RACE/IPEDS_Race.accdb". This table uses PIDM as it's unique key. If it is necessary to filer or join by GID, the get_pidm_gid_lu function is used to join GID to the dataset.

Usage

get_race_data(unique_pidms, unique_gids, optional_race_file_path,
  optional_return_all_cols = F)

Arguments

unique_pidms	a character or numeric vector used to filter the returned dataset.
unique_gids	a character or numeric vector used to filter the returned dataset. Requires a Banner database connection.
optional_race_file_path	A filepath to the access database containing Bob's Race table
optional_return_all_cols	A boolean parameter specifying whether to return all columns or just the calculated IPEDS value.

Value

race data for all or a subset population

iancj88/msuopa documentation built on May 17, 2019, 7:07 p.m.