writeSafeFile

writes an anonymized dataset to a file. This function should be used in the
graphical user interface <code>sdcApp</code> only.

Data from statistical agencies and other institutions are mostly
confidential. This package (see also Templ, Kowarik and Meindl (2017) <doi:10.18637/jss.v067.i04>) can be used for the generation of anonymized
(micro)data, i.e. for the creation of public- and scientific-use files.
The theoretical basis for the methods implemented can be found in Templ (2017) <doi:10.1007/978-3-319-50272-4>.
Various risk estimation and anonymisation methods are included. Note that the package
includes a graphical user interface (Meindl and Templ, 2019 <doi:10.3390/a12090191>) that allows to use various methods of this
package.

Matthias Templ

sdcMicro

Statistical Disclosure Control Methods for Anonymization of Data
and Risk Estimation

Bernhard Meindl

Alexander Kowarik

writeSafeFile function

<dl><dt>obj</dt>
<dd>an object of class <code><a href="/link/data.frame?package=sdcMicro&version=5.6.1" data-mini-rdoc="sdcMicro::data.frame">data.frame</a></code> containing micro data</dd>
<dt>format</dt>
<dd>(character) specifies the output file format. Accepted values are:<ul>
<li>'rdata' output will be saved in the R binary file-format.</li>
<li>'sav' output will be saved as SPSS-file.</li>
<li>'dta' ouput will be saved as STATA-file.</li>
<li>'csv' output will be saved as comma seperated (text)-file.</li>
<li>'sas' output will be saved as SAS-file (sas7bdat).</li>
</ul></dd>
<dt>randomizeRecords</dt>
<dd>(logical) specifies, if the output records should be randomized. The following
options are possible:<ul>
<li>'no' default, no randomization takes place</li>
<li>'simple' records are just randomly swapped.</li>
<li>'byHH' if slot 'hhId' is not <code>NULL</code>, the clusters defined by this variable are randomized across the dataset. If
slot 'hhId' is <code>NULL</code>, the records or the dataset are randomly changed.</li>
<li>'withinHH' if slot 'hhId' is not <code>NULL</code>, the clusters defined by this variable are randomized across the dataset and
additionally, the order of records within the clusters are also randomly changed. If slot 'hhId' is <code>NULL</code>, the records or the dataset are
randomly changed.</li>
</ul></dd>
<dt>fileOut</dt>
<dd>(character) file to which output should be written</dd>
<dt>...</dt>
<dd>optional arguments used for <code>write.table</code> if argument <code>format</code> equals <code>csv</code></dd></dl>

Arguments

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writeSafeFile — writeSafeFile

<dl>

<dt>obj</dt>
<dd>an object of class <code><a href='https://rdrr.io/r/base/data.frame.html'>data.frame</a></code> containing micro data</dd>


<dt>format</dt>
<dd>(character) specifies the output file format. Accepted values are:<ul>
<li>'rdata' output will be saved in the R binary file-format.</li>
<li>'sav' output will be saved as SPSS-file.</li>
<li>'dta' ouput will be saved as STATA-file.</li>
<li>'csv' output will be saved as comma seperated (text)-file.</li>
<li>'sas' output will be saved as SAS-file (sas7bdat).</li>
</ul></dd>


<dt>randomizeRecords</dt>
<dd>(logical) specifies, if the output records should be randomized. The following
options are possible:<ul>
<li>'no' default, no randomization takes place</li>
<li>'simple' records are just randomly swapped.</li>
<li>'byHH' if slot 'hhId' is not <code>NULL</code>, the clusters defined by this variable are randomized across the dataset. If
slot 'hhId' is <code>NULL</code>, the records or the dataset are randomly changed.</li>
<li>'withinHH' if slot 'hhId' is not <code>NULL</code>, the clusters defined by this variable are randomized across the dataset and
additionally, the order of records within the clusters are also randomly changed. If slot 'hhId' is <code>NULL</code>, the records or the dataset are
randomly changed.</li>
</ul></dd>


<dt>fileOut</dt>
<dd>(character) file to which output should be written</dd>


<dt>...</dt>
<dd>optional arguments used for <code>write.table</code> if argument <code>format</code> equals <code>csv</code></dd>

</dl>

writeSafeFile: writeSafeFile

Description

Usage

Arguments

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