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The `haven` package for `R`

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Labels of a tbl_df dataframe

I have an object of the class "tbl_df", from an imported spss-File (package haven). I work with an R-Markdown file. When I access a certain variable of my dataframe data$question10, in the console it shows the vector of values (all 1 and 0), but…
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Exported file from R using `haven` cannot be opened by SAS

When exporting data from R using haven::write_sas(), the resulting sas7bdat file is not recognized (i.e. cannot be loaded) by SAS EG/9.4. Although there are several other packages such as foreign that provide alternative approaches, I was hoping to…
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Rmarkdown: Error in knitting the whole report while the individual code chunk is working

So I'm R newbie and reading a .dta file into R at some point in the project. But when I attempt to knit the whole report into HTML, its giving me an error message at that particular code line. P.S. Its working fine when I run the chunk related to…
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Unable to import previously working SAS-formats files using R-package 'haven'

Around a year ago, I used the 'haven'-package to import two .sas7bdat files along with their respective .sas7bcat formats and it worked wonderfully. For some reason, however, it does not any longer even though all the SAS-files incl. format files…
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Why does haven::write_dta() inflate file size and can it be changed?

Sometimes I need to convert SPSS files to DTA files. Usually I use Stat/Transfer, but I thought perhaps I could use R to save money. When I transfer files using the haven package, however, the resulting file size is dramatically higher than when I…
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R getting error "`x` and `labels` must be same type"

I'm using R Version 3.6.1 with the following…
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Loss of labels after conversion of 'haven_labelled' using 'as_factor'

When converting haven_labelled variables to factor variables I (seem to) lose the underlying "labels" (using tidyverse terminology I think...). # this sets up a factor var x with non-continuous numeric values library(tidyverse) library(labelled) x…
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Saving Stata file with R while preserving labels

I have found a bug in the R haven package where write_dta drops some of the labels when reading it in Stata. I have filed the bug in haven but I really need to find a work around until the bug is fixed. Below is the explanation. Let's define a…
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Underlying value codes are changed/recoded after exporting data to Stata/SPSS

Good day, I'm trying to export a labeled dataset to SPSS and Stata. When I open the data in SPSS, the labels export correctly, however, the underlying values are recoded. For example, 0 is recoded to 1. I've tried exporting the data with…
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match labels with na_tags

The haven package preserves both value labels and tagged NAs when reading Stata/SPSS files. For example, in the GSS's variable for self-employment, the labels suggest there are three different kinds of NA…
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Using pull() from dplyr after reading data with haven::read_sas keeps attributes. How to avoid?

I am working with several data sets that originally come as a .sas7bdat file. Initially, I loaded all files using the sas7bdat package but I am now convinced that the haven package can do a better and quicker job. However, newly loaded data with…
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read_sas: File did not contain the expected number of rows

I am trying to load a .sas7bdat file to R, but get the error ReadStat: Expected 849278526 rows in file, found 611874762. Failed to parse "filepath": File did not contain the expected number of rows. What does this error message mean? My code…
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Error message in read_sas (haven package) using cols_only to read in only subset of columns

I am using the haven packages' read_sas to import a SAS data set. However, I would like to only include a subset of columns. My data set has 613,124 observations and 189 variables. However, I do not seem to be using the "cols_only" argument…
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Installing RIO Package : shared object ‘haven.so’ not found

I've some problem to install package in R. I write : install.packages("rio", dependencies = TRUE) And it gives the error message: installing source package ‘rio’ ... ** package ‘rio’ correctement décompressé et sommes MD5 vérifiées ** R **…
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extracting Stata labels in R when some variables are missing labels

I'm working with large Stata files with variable names and labels. I need these labels to understand what each variable is. I have been using df[] %>% map_chr(~attributes(.)$label) to extract the variable names and associated labels. Unfortunately…
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