Use this tag for questions related to the `haven` package for the R programming language. The `haven` package "enables R to read and write various data formats used by other statistical packages". For more information on the `haven` package see the [package website](https://haven.tidyverse.org/index.html).
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Select columns with a custom class
The question is very straightforward. I am using the haven package, which creates a custom class called haven_labelled when importing data from Stata into R (which has the benefit of displaying labels in R). I would like to select columns which have…
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Haven package adding labels to stata data
I have a Stata data-set with 0,1 I am reading into R using
aa <- haven::read_dta("trial_data.dta")
table(aa$malpos)
Link to data
When its loaded in R the variable is comes in with 1,2 categories instead of 0,1. Is there a way I can avoid this?
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Summary with label names with dplyr
I have imported a .sav file with Haven but where I am stuck is that I cant seem to work out how to print the label names in place or, with the label codings. Labels: 1 = unemployed, 2 = looking etc.
Employment <- select(well_being_df,…
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How can I read .sas7bvew files in R?
I am looking for a package which can read .sas7bvew in R. I was trying with haven, but it can only read .sas7bdat
I tried the following: (assume lib2 contains the data.sas7bvew file, and I am trying to save it at lib1)
data lib1.mydata;
set…
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Error reading sas metadata file through package haven R
I am using haven library to read SAS file metadata from a sas7bdat file. Following is the code used by me
library(haven)
sas_file <- read_sas("/dbfs/mnt/test1/Disease/Heart Attack/SAS/airline.sas7bdat",
catalog_file =…
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Read Stata value labels from a separate file into R
I have a Stata dataset (.dta file) that contains one variable, RGA (this is a MWE, I actually have tons of variables). This variable takes 3 factor values: 1, 2 and 3. These factors refer to meaningful things (so-called "value labels") and the…
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R - Loss labels when I subset a data frame after using read_sav from haven package
I use the read_sav function from haven package to import an SPSS file. Therefore I have column names and associate labels (class labelled).
I lost the labels when I subset the data frame with subset. I can use a workaround with indexing data[i] but…
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want to avoid for loop in r and use one of the apply functions
Which apply function should be used to avoid the for loop in the code below? The variable labels are simple placeholders for now - the goal is to use this process for setting up a codebook in R for easy export to SPSS where the codebook is ready to…
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R package 'haven' read_spss: how to make it ignore value labels?
I have an SPSS file. I read it in using 'haven' package:
library(haven)
spss1 <- read_spss("SPSS_Example.sav")
I created a function that extracts the long labels (in SPSS - "Label"):
fix_labels <- function(x, TextIfMissing) {
val <- attr(x,…
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