Similarly, the command codebook(ds) displays the frequency tables of all variables. Numerical values corresponding to value labels can be checked with the command codebook(ds$$q1), which displays the frequencies of variable q1.
The type of individual variables in the data is item, which contains both the values and value labels of a variable. This command creates an object ds, whose type is data set. Īfter loading memisc, SPSS Portable file can be opened by entering the command ds <- as.t(('D:/data.por')). If desired, the installation directory can also be manually chosen by invoking the command install.packages('memisc', lib='D:/R_lib') ,Īnd loaded for use with the command library('memisc', lib.loc='D:/R_lib'). In order to open portable files (*.por), you need an R package memisc, which can be installed, for instance, from the RGui menu Packages → Install Package(s) or by entering the following command on the command line of R:Īfter installation, the package is loaded into the R session by using the command library('memisc'). 'D:/R_lib') may need to be changed to match the setup on your computer.
This guide describes how a quantitative data file downloaded from FSD’s Aila Data Service is opened in R. (Opens in a new tab) is a free software environment designed for statistical computing and graphics.
