Most users of spss files need to have the value labels as they handle
categorical variables, with the numeric representation being
arbitrary. So the packages that handle importing them (foreign, Hmisc,
memisc, haven) make that easy.
For numeric variables, survey houses often categorise different
Hi all,
I know how to import spss data file (.sav) to R using foreign pkg like
read.spss(file, use.value.labels = FALSE,...) but I like to use a different
pkg, in particular, memisc. Is there any corresponding way to drop the
value labels when importing?
Many thanks,
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On Oct 9, 2015, at 9:19 AM, Yongnam Kim wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I know how to import spss data file (.sav) to R using foreign pkg like
> read.spss(file, use.value.labels = FALSE,...) but I like to use a different
> pkg, in particular, memisc. Is there any corresponding way to drop the
> value
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