I am taking a behavioral stats graduate class and the instructor is using SPSS. I'm trying to follow along in R. Recently in class we started working with scales and survey data, computing Cronbach's Alpha, reversing values for reverse coded items, etc. Also, SPSS has some built in functionality for entering the meta-data for your survey, e.g. the possible values for items, the text of the question, etc. I haven't been able to find any survey guidance for R other than how to run the actual calculations (Cronbach's, reversing values). Are there tutorials, books, or other primers, that would guide a newbie step by step through using R for working with survey data? It would be helpful to see how others are doing these things. (Not just how to run the mathematical operations but how to work with and manage the data.) Possibly this would be in conjunction with some packages such as Likert or Scales. TIA. --Kevin [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
Dunno. But ... 1. Web Search (eg on "Survey tutorials using R" and similar) 2. R's survey package, which includes vignettes. 3. CRAN Task View: https://cran.r-project.org/web/views/SocialSciences.html HTH. Cheers, Bert Bert Gunter "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along and sticking things into it." -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip ) On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 11:56 AM, Kevin Taylor <kevin683 at gmail.com> wrote:> I am taking a behavioral stats graduate class and the instructor is using > SPSS. I'm trying to follow along in R. > > Recently in class we started working with scales and survey data, computing > Cronbach's Alpha, reversing values for reverse coded items, etc. > > Also, SPSS has some built in functionality for entering the meta-data for > your survey, e.g. the possible values for items, the text of the question, > etc. > > I haven't been able to find any survey guidance for R other than how to run > the actual calculations (Cronbach's, reversing values). > > Are there tutorials, books, or other primers, that would guide a newbie > step by step through using R for working with survey data? It would be > helpful to see how others are doing these things. (Not just how to run the > mathematical operations but how to work with and manage the data.) Possibly > this would be in conjunction with some packages such as Likert or Scales. > > TIA. > > --Kevin > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/ > posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >[[alternative HTML version deleted]]
> On Nov 11, 2017, at 11:56 AM, Kevin Taylor <kevin683 at gmail.com> wrote: > > I am taking a behavioral stats graduate class and the instructor is using > SPSS. I'm trying to follow along in R. > > Recently in class we started working with scales and survey data, computing > Cronbach's Alpha, reversing values for reverse coded items, etc. > > Also, SPSS has some built in functionality for entering the meta-data for > your survey, e.g. the possible values for items, the text of the question, > etc. > > I haven't been able to find any survey guidance for R other than how to run > the actual calculations (Cronbach's, reversing values). > > Are there tutorials, books, or other primers, that would guide a newbie > step by step through using R for working with survey data? It would be > helpful to see how others are doing these things. (Not just how to run the > mathematical operations but how to work with and manage the data.) Possibly > this would be in conjunction with some packages such as Likert or Scales.Try looking at: http://personality-project.org/r/psych/ -- David.> > TIA. > > --Kevin > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.David Winsemius Alameda, CA, USA 'Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.' -Gehm's Corollary to Clarke's Third Law
You really should have pointed out that you cross-posted this question [1] so we
wouldn't repeat things. You were already pointed at the task view on this
subject there. Be sure to look for vignettes in the relevant packages.
I cannot point you to domain-specific examples, though I came across some in the
brief search I did that lead me to your redundant question, so you probably
ought to clarify what you have looked at and why it wasn't helpful.
You mention specifying possible values... I will point out that many people turn
off the automatic conversion to factor when reading categorical data, instead
converting those columns to factors explicitly using the factor function:
dta$cat1 <- factor( dta$cat1, levels=c( "democrat",
"republican", "libertarian", "independent",
"other" ) )
There is also a package that focuses on factors ("forcats") that may
have functions in it useful to your work.
I would put actual questions in a separate data frame with the question numbers
and use the merge function if/when needed... but this is not my usual working
area... some dedicated packages might put that info into attributes.
[1] https://stats.stackexchange.com/questions/313220/doing-survey-analysis-in-r
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On November 11, 2017 11:56:50 AM PST, Kevin Taylor <kevin683 at gmail.com>
wrote:>I am taking a behavioral stats graduate class and the instructor is
>using
>SPSS. I'm trying to follow along in R.
>
>Recently in class we started working with scales and survey data,
>computing
>Cronbach's Alpha, reversing values for reverse coded items, etc.
>
>Also, SPSS has some built in functionality for entering the meta-data
>for
>your survey, e.g. the possible values for items, the text of the
>question,
>etc.
>
>I haven't been able to find any survey guidance for R other than how to
>run
>the actual calculations (Cronbach's, reversing values).
>
>Are there tutorials, books, or other primers, that would guide a newbie
>step by step through using R for working with survey data? It would be
>helpful to see how others are doing these things. (Not just how to run
>the
>mathematical operations but how to work with and manage the data.)
>Possibly
>this would be in conjunction with some packages such as Likert or
>Scales.
>
>TIA.
>
>--Kevin
>
> [[alternative HTML version deleted]]
>
>______________________________________________
>R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see
>https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help
>PLEASE do read the posting guide
>http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html
>and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
Dear Kevin The nearest equivalent to the SPSS VALUE LABELS is the labels in factor(). If you want to attach labels to a whole question like VARIABLE LABELS then you may want to use an attribute using attr() Michael On 11/11/2017 19:56, Kevin Taylor wrote:> I am taking a behavioral stats graduate class and the instructor is using > SPSS. I'm trying to follow along in R. > > Recently in class we started working with scales and survey data, computing > Cronbach's Alpha, reversing values for reverse coded items, etc. > > Also, SPSS has some built in functionality for entering the meta-data for > your survey, e.g. the possible values for items, the text of the question, > etc. > > I haven't been able to find any survey guidance for R other than how to run > the actual calculations (Cronbach's, reversing values). > > Are there tutorials, books, or other primers, that would guide a newbie > step by step through using R for working with survey data? It would be > helpful to see how others are doing these things. (Not just how to run the > mathematical operations but how to work with and manage the data.) Possibly > this would be in conjunction with some packages such as Likert or Scales. > > TIA. > > --Kevin > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help at r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. >-- Michael http://www.dewey.myzen.co.uk/home.html
Am 11.11.2017 20:56, schrieb Kevin Taylor:> Also, SPSS has some built in functionality for entering the > meta-data for > your survey, e.g. the possible values for items, the text of the > question, > etc.Hello! Maybe the sjmisc together with the sjplot package are helpful - specially the first one has explicitly functions for labeled data in the sense of SPSS... http://www.strengejacke.de/sjPlot/sjmisc/ https://strengejacke.wordpress.com/sjplot-r-package/ HTH, Albin -- | Dr.rer.nat. Albin Blaschka | Etrichstrasse 26, A-5020 Salzburg | * www.standortsanalyse.net * | * www.researchgate.net/profile/Albin_Blaschka * | - It's hard to live in the mountains, hard but not hopeless!