This function aggregates a merged or RSA-911 dataset to contain only one row per unique participant, to make analysis and modeling more intuitive. The aggregation process includes condensing rows by taking medians for numeric variables, keeping most common values for character and factor variables, and keeping most recent values for date-related variables.

create_metadata(data, includes_scores = TRUE)

Arguments

data

The merged or RSA-911 dataset.

includes_scores

TRUE or FALSE. Defaults to TRUE, when TRUE, metadata creation includes process for scores data variables--inputted data frame is treated as a merged dataset. When FALSE, metadata process only includes steps relevant for an RSA-911 dataset.

Value

A data frame with one row per participant.