modify tsExportdata for later export to SPSS files with haven package used by the write_tsExport function.

prepare_spss_export(tsExport, rm_stdates = TRUE, set_missings = TRUE, ...)

Arguments

tsExport

tsExportdata.

rm_stdates

Boolean. If TRUE, original secutrial string date variables will be deleted, if it has an equivalent date converted variable.

set_missings

Boolean. If TRUE, generic missing values will be assigned to the data.

...

Additional arguments passed to prepare_spss_export.

  • keep_date_vars defines which original date variables should be kept when rm_stdates is set to TRUE. Default: "birthdate_score", because it not really a date and will not represented correctly in SPSS.

  • missing_values and missing_labels define variable values and/or value labels that should be defined as missing values. Default: missing_labels = missing_labels_default

  • overwrite_missing_lookup Boolean Should a new missing value lookup list created if the tsExportdata object already contains one? Default: TRUE

Details

The following transformations will be made:

  • assign value labels for variables found in the vallab lookup.

  • remove factor variables if they have an equivalent numeric variable that is found in the vallab lookup.

  • optional assign general missing values.

  • optional remove original secutrial date string variables that have an equivalent variable converted to date format.