question_type: question_type

In mabafaba/koboquest: Reads and understands kobo questionnaires

Description

Determines the kobo question type for a given variable name

Usage

question_type(variable.name, data = NULL, from.questionnaire = T,
  from.data = T)

Arguments

variable.name	the kobo question name for which the type should be determined. (works on a vector with multiple names)
data	the dataset matching the kobo questionnaire. This can be left empty if from.data=F. A provided dataset can be used as a fallback with from.data=T in case the data type can not be determined from the questionnaire.
from.questionnaire	if FALSE, prevent determinining data type from questionnaire. Can not be FALSE if from.data is also FALSE.
from.data	if TRUE, allows to determine data type from provided data. Can not be FALSE if from.data is also FALSE. If both from.questionnaire and from.data are TRUE, data types determined from the questionnaire have precedence.

Value

a string naming the question type. One of "select_one", "select_multiple" or "numeric".

See Also

Should be used after load_questionnaire, but can work without if data is provided as a fallback.

Examples

question_type("question_name_in_loaded_questionnaire")

mabafaba/koboquest documentation built on Aug. 15, 2019, 6:12 p.m.