scalestrip: Strips Likert scale point labels, returns numeric or ordinal data
Description
Survey systems export responses to Likhert scales with the scale labels on, meaning that R
as factors or text as opposed to numeric data. This function takes labelled scales and returns unlabelled numeric data (by default), or an unlabelled ordered factor (if requested).
Usage
scalestrip(x, ordinal = FALSE)
Arguments
x
a vector, matrix, or data.frame, containing Likert data labelled in the format "Integer - some text", e.g. "10 - Extremely Likely" ordinal
logical (TRUE\codeFALSE).
Should the data returned be an ordered factor? Otherwise the data returned is numeric. Defaults to FALSE.Value
Unlabelled numeric data (by defualt), or an unlabelled ordered factor (if requested).