util_referred_vars function

For a group of variables (original) the function provides all original plus referred variables in the metadata and a new item_level metadata including information on the original variables and the referred variables

util_referred_vars(
  resp_vars,
  id_vars = character(0),
  vars_in_subgroup = character(0),
  meta_data,
  meta_data_segment = NULL,
  meta_data_dataframe = NULL,
  meta_data_cross_item = NULL,
  meta_data_item_computation = NULL,
  strata_column = NULL
)

Arguments

• resp_vars: variable list the name of the original variables.
• id_vars: variable a vector containing the name/s of the variables containing ids
• vars_in_subgroup: variable a vector containing the name/s of the variable/s mentioned inside the subgroup rule
• meta_data: data.frame old name for item_level
• meta_data_segment: data.frame -- optional: Segment level metadata
• meta_data_dataframe: data.frame -- optional if study_data is present: Data frame level metadata
• meta_data_cross_item: data.frame -- optional: Cross-item level metadata
• meta_data_item_computation: data.frame -- optional: Computed items metadata
• strata_column: variable name of a study variable used to stratify the report by and to add as referred variable

Returns

a named list containing the referred variables and a new item_level metadata including information on the original variables and the referred variables