recodeResps function

recodeResps

Recode raw item responses for analyses.

recodeResps(data, recodeMap, varLabel, rawLabel, recodeLabel)

Arguments

• data: Raw data, a data frame.
• recodeMap: A data frame which contains the raw responses and corresponding recoded responses for each of the items in long form.
• varLabel: A variable name in recodeMap that identifes the item label.
• rawLabel: A variable name in recodeMap that identifies the raw item responses to be recoded.
• recodeLabel: A variable name in recodeMap that idenitfies the new values to recode to.

Returns

a data frame with raw data recoded according to recodeMap.