add_manual_var: Add a (Categorical) Variable Manually

In katherinesimeon/HLL: NU Hearing & Language Lab

Description

Takes a given dataframe and adds a column for a categorical variable The dataframe must only have entries that would all have the same categorical value (i.e. only one level of the variable can be assigned) This (basically useless and arbitrary) function is for adding a label to individual trials (i.e. marking if a list of trials was in quiet or noise)

Usage

add_manual_var(data, col, value)

Arguments

data	Dataframe. What data you want to use. Data should be in a by-trial format and all trials should have the same condition/level that you want to assign within this dataframe
col	Column Name. What you want the name of your variable to be. MUST BE A STRING/CHARACTER. Will also be the new column name in your dataframe
value	Value you want to assign ALL rows in your dataframe. MUST BE A STRING/CHARACTER.

Value

Returns printed dataframe to console window. Assign to variable to add in workspace

Examples

CogLAW_with_attribute <- add_manual_var(CogLAW,"Attribute_Type","Familiar")
Will return dataframe with new column labelled "Attribute_Type"

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