Importing original data sets form external files
Imports data data sets form external files into a data frame.
Currently supported files include: sav (SPSS), dta (Stata), xpt (SAS),
csv (comma-separated file), tab (tab-delimited file) and
txt (delimited text files). For SPSS, Stata and SAS it uses functions from
the foreign package with some adjustments where necessary.
read.obs(file, convert.factors = TRUE, lab.factors = FALSE, export.lab = FALSE, ...)
file |
the name of the file (including extension) which the data are to be read from. |
convert.factors |
a logical value indicating whether variables with value labels in Stata and SPSS should be converted into R factors with those levels. |
lab.factors |
a logical value indicating whether variables with
complete value labels but imported using their numeric codes
( |
export.lab |
a logical variable indicating whether labels from SPSS or Stata should be exported to an external file. |
... |
additional parameters passed to read functions. |
A data frame with an imported data set. For SPSS, Stata and SAS it has attributes with labels.
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