Package index • qesR

Package overview

What qesR does, its options and its conditions, in English and in French (?qesR-fr), with a table of every function.

qesR qesR-package: qesR: Access Quebec Election Study Datasets
qesR-fr: qesR en français

Data

Load a study from its original data file, or stack 11 studies in the merged file. Data are returned, never written into your workspace unless you ask.

get_qes(): Load a Quebec Election Study
get_qes_master(): Build the merged file

Studies and documents

The offline catalog of the studies qesR can load, their codebooks, questionnaires and reports, and the original files themselves. No network request unless you ask for one.

qes_studies(): List the studies qesR can load
qes_docs(): List the documents of each study
qes_download(): Download the original files of a study

Codebooks and search

What each variable measures, the exact question asked, in English and French, and which codes mean “don’t know” or “refused”. Offline for every study.

qes_codebook(): The codebook of a study
qes_question(): The exact wording of survey questions
qes_search(): Search variables across studies, in English and French
qes_missing(): Set "don't know", "refused" and other missing codes to NA

Harmonization

One data frame across the 11 studies: qes_spec() shows which studies have which harmonized variable and how comparable each study’s question is; qes_harmonize() applies the rules, with a reason for every missing value and each respondent’s waves and weights; qes_decon() gives one flat data frame of relaxed harmonized variables, one concept per column even where the questions differ; qes_design() turns the result into a survey design. See How harmonization works.

qes_spec(): Harmonization rules and coverage (experimental)
qes_harmonize(): Harmonize variables across studies (experimental)
qes_decon(): One flat data frame of relaxed harmonized variables (experimental)
qes_design(): Harmonized data as a survey design (experimental)
qes_party_lineage(): Join the parties of one lineage (ADQ and CAQ) in harmonized data

Reproducibility

Which file a result was read from, and how to cite qesR and each dataset.

qes_provenance(): Where a study's data came from
qes_cite(): Cite qesR and the studies it loads

Cache

Where downloaded files are kept, and how to list or delete them.

qes_cache_info(): List the files in the download cache
qes_cache_clear(): Delete files from the download cache

Older function names

Earlier names that keep working; ?qesR-deprecated names each one’s replacement.

qesR-deprecated: Older function names
get_qescodes(): List study codes (older name)
get_preview(): Preview a Quebec Election Study (older name)
get_codebook() get_qes_codebook(): Get a Quebec Election Study codebook (older name)
format_codebook(): Reformat a qesR codebook (older name)
get_value_labels(): Get value labels from a codebook (older name)
get_question(): Get survey question text (older name)
get_codebook_files() get_qes_codebook_files(): Get codebook files (older name)
download_codebook(): Download codebook files (older name)
get_decon(): Prepared non-exhaustive data frame (older name)