read_bos: Import spss .sav data from Online Surveys (BOS)

In ianhandel/bossier: Import and code data from Online Surveys (BOS)

Description

Import spss .sav data from Online Surveys (BOS)

Usage

read_bos(filename, headers = "both", sep = "---", pad = 3)

Arguments

filename	path to SPSS .sav file from BOS
headers	Choice of "label", "code" or "both"
sep	separator for question code and question text
pad	number of digits to pad question codes with

Details

Imports an SPSS .sav file saved from Online Surveys (BOS) then extracts meta data and joins it to create tibble with long form question names as headers and explicit data in cells. headers argument allows choice original column codes ('code') padded with leading zeros, text label ('label') or both ('both') separated by separator text ('sep').

Value

Returns a tibble with URN and column per question

Examples

file <- bossier_example("bossier_example.sav")

dat <- read_bos(file, sep = "---", pad = 3)
head(dat)

dat <- read_bos(file, headers = "code", pad = 3)
head(dat)

dat <- read_bos(file, headers = "label")
head(dat)

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