Anupam, This is very general, and it also depends on the scientific domain. Factors do solve the value labels, but they drop the (original) values. They also lose the connection to the different types of missing values (an important topic in the social sciences).
Base R provides as much as it can, but it cannot possibly cover all applications out there, so an add-on package is a must. A good way to do both variable and value labels, as well as different types of missing values, is the package "declared". I hope this helps, Adrian On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 6:55 AM Anupam Tyagi <anupty...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > is there an easy way to do variable and value labels (for factor variables) > in base-R, without using a package. If not, what is an easy and good way to > do labels, using an add-on package. > > -- > Anupam. > > [[alternative HTML version deleted]] > > ______________________________________________ > R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see > https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help > PLEASE do read the posting guide > http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html > and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code. > -- Adrian Dusa University of Bucharest Romanian Social Data Archive Soseaua Panduri nr. 90-92 050663 Bucharest sector 5 Romania https://adriandusa.eu [[alternative HTML version deleted]] ______________________________________________ R-help@r-project.org mailing list -- To UNSUBSCRIBE and more, see https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
