change_var_names

Change variable names in a data set

A collection of functions for analyzing data typically collected
or used by behavioral scientists. Examples of the functions include
a function that compares groups in a factorial experimental design,
a function that conducts two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA),
and a function that cleans a data set generated by Qualtrics surveys.
Some of the functions will require installing additional package(s).
Such packages and other references are cited within the section
describing the relevant functions. Many functions in this package
rely heavily on these two popular R packages:
Dowle et al. (2021) <https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=data.table>.
Wickham et al. (2021) <https://CRAN.R-project.org/package=ggplot2>.

Jin Kim

A Toolkit for Behavioral Scientists

change_var_names function

<dl><dt>data</dt>
<dd>a data object (a data frame or a data.table)</dd>
<dt>old_var_names</dt>
<dd>a vector of old variable names
(i.e., variable names to change)</dd>
<dt>new_var_names</dt>
<dd>a vector of new variable names</dd>
<dt>skip_absent</dt>
<dd>If <code>skip_absent = TRUE</code>, old variable names
that do not exist in the data set will be skipped (default = TRUE).</dd>
<dt>print_summary</dt>
<dd>If <code>print_summary = TRUE</code>, a summary of
old and new variable names will printed. (default = TRUE)</dd>
<dt>output_type</dt>
<dd>type of the output. If <code>output_type = "dt"</code>,
the function's output will be a data.table with changed names.
If <code>output_type = "summary"</code>, the function's output will
be a data.table listing old and new variable names.
By default, <code>output_type = "dt"</code>.</dd></dl>

Arguments

Change variable names in a data set — change_var_names

<dl>

<dt>data</dt>
<dd>a data object (a data frame or a data.table)</dd>


<dt>old_var_names</dt>
<dd>a vector of old variable names
(i.e., variable names to change)</dd>


<dt>new_var_names</dt>
<dd>a vector of new variable names</dd>


<dt>skip_absent</dt>
<dd>If <code>skip_absent = TRUE</code>, old variable names
that do not exist in the data set will be skipped (default = TRUE).</dd>


<dt>print_summary</dt>
<dd>If <code>print_summary = TRUE</code>, a summary of
old and new variable names will printed. (default = TRUE)</dd>


<dt>output_type</dt>
<dd>type of the output. If <code>output_type = "dt"</code>,
the function's output will be a data.table with changed names.
If <code>output_type = "summary"</code>, the function's output will
be a data.table listing old and new variable names.
By default, <code>output_type = "dt"</code>.</dd>

</dl>

change_var_names: Change variable names in a data set

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