Variable and

Value Labels

Labeling your data can be extremely important. There are a number of packages that can help you add variable and value labels.

Below are just a couple of examples of packages that can be used to label variables and values in an R data frame.

Overview and Comparison

Package expss: Tables with labels in R

Package sjlabelled: Labelled data

get_labels: Retrieve value labels of labelled data in sjlabelled: Labelled Data Utility FunctionsThis function returns the value labels of labelled data.

Working with Labelled Datasjlabelled

Package Hmisc: Some labels and recoding

Quick-R by DataCamp

has some helpful resources when working with variables, values, and recoding

Variable Labels

Value Labels

One way to handle value labels for categorical variables is to recode the numeric variable into a factor variable, which consists of string labels for the various levels

R Factor - Learn the complete process from Creation to Modification! - DataFlairWith this tutorial, learn to create R factor, generate factor level, access factor components, modify factor and implement factor functions in R.