metadata.Rmd
The eb_sample
is a small fraction of the GESIS datafile ZA5479_v6-0-0.sav
. It cannot be used to retrieve any statistical data from the original dataset. In scope it is limited to some important metadata columns, a few demographic variables and one question block. In geographic coverage, it takes a sample from the responses from the United Kingdom and Germany. These two countries are targeting parts of the countries separately, i.e. for Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the former West Germany and East Germany.
sample <- eurobarometer:::eb_sample sample_metadata <- gesis_metadata_create(dat = sample)
The function gesis_metadta_create
normalizes those variable names that are not machine readable. These names are still often problematic and require adjustment.
adjusted_metadata <- sample_metadata %>% mutate ( canonical_names = case_when ( str_sub(normalized_name, 1,3) == "p6_|p7_" ~ str_sub(normalized_name, 4,-1), normalized_name == "w1_weight_result_from_target" ~ 'w1', TRUE ~ normalized_name ))
You can, if you know what you are doing, change the suggested base R representation of your survey data in the column
renamed_sample <- sample %>% purrr::set_names ( adjusted_metadata$canonical_names) converted <- convert_class (dat = renamed_sample, metadata = adjusted_metadata, var_name = "canonical_names", conversion = "conversion_suggestion") converted %>% dplyr::select( all_of(c("w1", "age_exact", "is_energy_saving_action_used_car_less"))) %>% dplyr::sample_n(., 10) %>% kable()
w1 | age_exact | is_energy_saving_action_used_car_less |
---|---|---|
1.2327 | 54 | 0 |
0.9164 | 63 | 0 |
1.2850 | 26 | 1 |
0.8847 | 51 | 0 |
0.9163 | 49 | 0 |
1.6707 | 20 | 0 |
0.6078 | 69 | 0 |
1.5220 | 31 | 0 |
0.9163 | 42 | 0 |
0.8726 | 63 | 0 |