GenerateCodeForFormatting: Autogenerate code for data formatting (variable and data...

In smockin/RedcapData: Data management utility support for REDCap repositories

Autogenerate code for data formatting (variable and data labelling)

Description

This is a utility function that employs code generation to produce R code that formats data.

Usage

generate_formatting_code(metadata, dataset_name = "data",
  negative_char = "_")

Arguments

metadata	REDCap metadata
dataset_name	Name of the dataset that will be recorded in place.
negative_char	checkbox expansion character for a negative checkbox level

Details

Using the redcap metadata, code is generated that formats data.

It recodes categorical data to factors.

This makes it easier to perform traditional statistical analysis which often expects coded categorical variables as input.

Value

Code that can be evaluated to format data.

See Also

Other Code Generators: generate_data_validation_code, generate_date_conversion_code, generate_remove_missing_code, generate_remove_outliers_code

smockin/RedcapData documentation built on Feb. 2, 2023, 3:19 a.m.