[R] Converting code to R Question

[Ista Zahn]

If you do this sort of thing a lot you may find the psych package helpful:

# make example data
x <- 1:3
dat <- data.frame(expand.grid(Item1=x, Item2=x, Item3=x, Item4=x))

# make scoring ky
key <- c(Item1=1, Item2=2, Item3=1, Item4=1)

# load psych library
library(psych)

# score
(scores <- score.multiple.choice(key, dat, total=TRUE, short=FALSE))
dat$Variable <- scores$scores

Best,
Ista

On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 8:02 PM, Craig J <cjohns38 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm learning R and am converting some code from SPSS into R.  My background
> is in SAS/SPSS so the vectorization is new to me and I'm trying to learn
> how to NOT use loops...or use them sparingly.  I'm wondering what the
> most efficient to tackle a problem I'm working on is. Below is an example
> piece of code.  Essentially what it does is set a variable to zero, loop
> through item responses, and add one if a condition is met. For example, if
> item one was responded as a 1 then add one to the final variable.  If item
> two was responded as a 2 then add one to the final variable.  I have to do
> this for five scales with each scale having 6 items half of which may have
> the 1 response pattern and half the 2 pattern.
>
> Any suggestions on how best to tackle this in R would be helpful.
>
> Craig
>
> **********
> Old SPSS code sample
> **********
>
> Compute Variable = 0.
>
> IF (item1 = 1) Variable = Variable +1 .
>
> IF (item2= 2) Variable = Variable +1 .
>
> IF (item3 = 1) Variable = Variable +1.
>
> IF (item4 = 2) Variable = Variable +1.
>
> EXECUTE .
>
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