R Functions (A)

The section introduces a set of R functions useful for accessing and processing complex survey data, providing their descriptions and the packages they belong to.

Function_name	Package_name	Description
apply	base	Applies a function over an array or matrix.
cut	base	Converts a numeric variable to a factor variable.
merge	base/data.table	Merges multiple datasets.
names	base	Retrieves the names of an object.
nhanes	nhanesA	Downloads a NHANES datafile.
nhanesTables	nhanesA	Lists available variables within a datafile.
nhanesTranslate	nhanesA	Encodes categorical variables to match with certain standards, e.g., CDC website.
recode	car	Recodes a variable.

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