sjmisc (version 1.0.2)

read_spss: Import SPSS dataset as data frame into R

Description

Import data from SPSS, including NA's, value and variable labels.

Usage

read_spss(path, enc = NA, autoAttachVarLabels = FALSE,
  atomic.to.fac = FALSE, option = "haven")

Arguments

path

The file path to the SPSS dataset.

enc

The file encoding of the SPSS dataset. Not needed if option = "haven" (default).

autoAttachVarLabels

if TRUE, variable labels will automatically be attached to each variable as "variable.label" attribute. Use this parameter, if option = "foreign", where variable labels are attached as list-attribute to the imported

atomic.to.fac

Logical, if TRUE, factor variables imported from SPSS (which are imported as atomic) will be converted to factors.

option

string, indicating which package will be used to read the SPSS data file. By default, option = "haven", which means, the read_spss function from the haven package is used. Use option = "foreign" to use f

Value

• A data frame containing the SPSS data. Retrieve value labels with get_val_labels and variable labels with get_var_labels.

See Also

• http://www.strengejacke.de/sjPlot/datainit/{sjPlot manual: data initialization}
• http://www.strengejacke.de/sjPlot/view_spss/{sjPlot manual: inspecting (SPSS imported) data frames}
• write_spss

Examples

# import SPSS data set. uses haven's read function
# by default
mydat <- read_spss("my_spss_data.sav")

# use foreign's read function
mydat <- read_spss("my_spss_data.sav",
                   enc = "UTF-8",
                   option = "foreign")

# use haven's read function, convert atomic to factor
mydat <- read_spss("my_spss_data.sav", atomic.to.fac = TRUE)

# retrieve variable labels
mydat.var <- get_var_labels(mydat)

# retrieve value labels
mydat.val <- get_val_labels(mydat)