import_field_notes {novelqualcodes}

Import field notes from an Excel spreadsheet

Description

'Field notes' in this context is a spreadsheet that records the refinements that a researcher makes throughout their interview process. This package is opinionated about what these field notes should look like: use create_field_notes_template() to get a template for what the package accepts.

Usage

import_field_notes(path, ...)

import_fieldnotes(path, ...)

Arguments

path

(Character) The full path (including filename) to the Excel spreadsheet.

...

Other named arguments that will be passed to readxl::read_excel().

Value

A named list of class field_notes.

Examples

# An example field notes spreadsheet included with the package.
path_to_notes <- system.file("insect_study/records/refinements.xlsx", package = "novelqualcodes")
print(path_to_notes)

# Importing the spreadsheet
my_refinements <- import_field_notes(path_to_notes)

# Looking at its contents
str(my_refinements, max.level = 1)
print(my_refinements$df)