prep_add_to_meta {dataquieR}

Support function to augment metadata during data quality reporting

Description

adds an annotation to static metadata

Usage

prep_add_to_meta(
  VAR_NAMES,
  DATA_TYPE,
  LABEL,
  VALUE_LABELS,
  meta_data = "item_level",
  ...
)

Arguments

VAR_NAMES

character Names of the Variables to add

DATA_TYPE

character Data type for the added variables

LABEL

character Labels for these variables

VALUE_LABELS

character Value labels for the values of the variables as usually pipe separated and assigned with =: 1 = male | 2 = female

meta_data

data.frame the metadata to extend

...

Further defined variable attributes, see prep_create_meta

Details

Add metadata e.g. of transformed/new variable This function is not yet considered stable, but we already export it, because it could help. Therefore, we have some inconsistencies in the formals still.

Value

a data frame with amended metadata.