R functions for Qualtrics

gistfile1.r

#function to read raw data from Qualtrics
cleanQualtrics <- function(csvFile, rowAsHeader, skipRows) {
    #this function assumes that you have named your
    #Qualtrics questions properly when setting up the survey;
    #if questions are properly named, then the first row 
    #will be most informative and suitable for use as column names
    #read.csv sets header = T by default; stringsAsFactor set to FALSE to ensure strings aren't converted to factors
    QualtricsRaw <- read.csv(csvFile, header = F, stringsAsFactors = F)
    #row 1 contains the strings that we'd like to use as column names; select row 1 and turn them into characters
    colNames <- as.character(QualtricsRaw[rowAsHeader,])
    dat <- read.csv(csvFile, header = F, stringsAsFactors = F,
                    col.names = colNames,
                    skip = skipRows)
    return(dat) #returns the dataframe with proper column names
}