fl: Calculate the Flourishing Scale

Description Usage Arguments Note References Examples

Description

This function renames columns; converts all columns to numerics; tests if the scores are outside of the scale limits; and calculates an overall flourishing score.

Usage

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fl(start_col, end_col, data)

Arguments

start_col

The column number where the scale begins, reference by number only.

end_col

The column number where the scale end, reference by number only.

data

The reference dataframe.

Note

This function is designed to work with the validated question order as printed in the reference article. This function will give inaccurate results if question order is different from the published validated scale.

References

Diener, E., Wirtz, D., Tov, W., Kim-Prieto, C., Choi, D. W., Oishi, S., & Biswas-Diener, R. (2010). New well-being measures: Short scales to assess flourishing and positive and negative feelings. Social Indicators Research, 97(2), 143-156.

Examples

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x <- c(1:7)
df <- data.frame(matrix(sample(x, 10*10, replace = TRUE), nrow = 5, ncol = 10))
fl(1, 10, df)

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