I tried Googling and searching SO for the answer for this, but the answers typically just state how you can separate columns into two, but not group the columns separate by specific criterion. First, here is the dput for my data called hwk:
structure(list(V1 = structure(c(4, 4, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 4,
2, 3, 2, 3, 4, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 1, 2, 4,
1, 2, 3, 2, 3, 1, 1, 2, 2, 4, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 2, 3,
1, 4, 3, 2, 3, 4, 1, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 2, 4, 3, 2,
3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 4, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 3, 4, 2, 4, 4, 2, 2, 3, 3), format.spss = "F8.0"),
V2 = structure(c(4, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 2, 4, 1, 3, 3, 3, 4,
3, 3, 2, 3, 4, 3, 1, 4, 2, 3, 4, 2, 4, 3, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3,
3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 4, 2, 2, 2, 4, 3, 4, 4, 2, 4,
2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4,
3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 2, 4, 3, 4, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3,
4, 4, 3), format.spss = "F8.0"), V3 = structure(c(4, 4, 4,
4, 4, 4, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3,
3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,
3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,
3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4,
4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4), format.spss = "F8.0"),
V4 = structure(c(4, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 2, 1, 3, 2, 3, 1, 4, 4,
2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 4, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2, 2, 1, 3, 1, 1,
2, 4, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 3, 2, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,
3, 4, 3, 1, 4, 3, 4, 3, 2, 3, 2, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 2, 4, 4,
4, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 4, 3, 2, 3, 2, 1, 3, 4, 1, 2, 4, 3,
4, 2, 2), format.spss = "F8.0"), V5 = structure(c(3, 3, 3,
4, 3, 4, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2,
2, 2, 2, 4, 2, 3, 2, 3, 4, 1, 4, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2,
3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3,
2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4,
3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3), format.spss = "F8.0"),
V6 = structure(c(4, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3,
4, 2, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 4, 3,
3, 3, 4, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 2, 4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 2, 4,
3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4,
4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3,
4, 4, 4), format.spss = "F8.0"), V7 = structure(c(4, 4, 2,
4, 2, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 4, 4, 3, 3, 1, 4, 3, 3, 1, 2,
4, 3, 4, 2, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 3, 2, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3,
1, 4, 3, 2, 2, 4, 3, 4, 4, 2, 4, 2, 3, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3,
4, 4, 3, 4, 4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4,
3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2, 4, 4, 3), format.spss = "F8.0"),
V8 = structure(c(4, 4, 2, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3,
4, 2, 2, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 1, 2, 4, 1, 2,
3, 2, 3, 1, 1, 2, 2, 3, 1, 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 2, 3,
1, 3, 4, 2, 3, 4, 1, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 4, 2, 4,
3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 2, 4, 3, 3, 3, 2, 2, 3, 4, 2, 4, 4, 2,
1, 3, 4), format.spss = "F8.0"), V9 = structure(c(4, 4, 4,
4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 3, 2, 3, 4, 4,
4, 4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 2, 4, 3, 4,
4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 3, 2, 4,
3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 4,
4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3, 2, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4), format.spss = "F8.0"),
V10 = structure(c(4, 4, 2, 4, 2, 4, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 2, 4,
4, 2, 2, 1, 3, 4, 4, 1, 4, 2, 3, 3, 2, 4, 3, 2, 3, 3, 1,
3, 2, 4, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1, 2, 4, 2, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3, 2,
4, 2, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 1, 4, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4,
4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 1, 4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2, 3, 4, 4, 2, 4,
2, 4, 4, 3), format.spss = "F8.0"), V11 = structure(c(3,
3, 1, 4, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1,
2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 3, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 3, 2, 1, 2, 2,
1, 1, 4, 3, 1, 3, 2, 3, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3,
2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 3, 3, 4, 2, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3,
3, 4, 3, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 3, 1, 4, 1, 3), format.spss = "F8.0"),
V12 = structure(c(4, 4, 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2,
3, 3, 2, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 4, 4,
3, 3, 3, 4, 2, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 2, 4, 3, 4, 4, 4, 3, 4, 2,
4, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4,
4, 4, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 4, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4,
3, 2, 3, 4), format.spss = "F8.0")), class = c("tbl_df",
"tbl", "data.frame"), row.names = c(NA, -93L))
So I want the first variables to be questions for an anxiety scale with their scores for each:
hwk2 <- hwk %>%
pivot_longer(cols = 1:3,
names_to = "Anxiety Test",
values_to = "Anxiety Score")
hwk2
Which gives me this:
# A tibble: 279 x 11
V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 `Anxiety Test` `Anxiety Score`
<dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <dbl> <chr> <dbl>
1 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 V1 4
2 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 V2 4
3 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 V3 4
4 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 V1 4
5 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 V2 4
6 4 3 4 4 4 4 4 3 4 V3 4
7 3 3 3 2 2 4 2 1 3 V1 2
8 3 3 3 2 2 4 2 1 3 V2 3
9 3 3 3 2 2 4 2 1 3 V3 4
10 4 4 4 4 1 4 4 4 2 V1 2
# ... with 269 more rows
But I want the rest to be depression, so I pivot again:
hwk3 <- hwk2 %>%
pivot_longer(cols = 1:9,
names_to = "Depression Test",
values_to = "Depression Score")
hwk3
Which now gives me this:
`Anxiety Test` `Anxiety Score` `Depression Test` `Depression Score`
<chr> <dbl> <chr> <dbl>
1 V1 4 V4 4
2 V1 4 V5 3
3 V1 4 V6 4
4 V1 4 V7 4
5 V1 4 V8 4
6 V1 4 V9 4
7 V1 4 V10 4
8 V1 4 V11 3
9 V1 4 V12 4
10 V2 4 V4 4
# ... with 2,501 more rows
Well now I want to group a single column that designates the test as either an anxiety test or a depression test, and a single column for the score. So basically it would look something like this:
Test Test_Type Score
V1 Anxiety 4
V4 Depression 3
If there is a less roundabout way to do this, that would be great. Equally important is a solution that doesn't change the actual values of the scores but simply groups them into the categories I mentioned above.
Are you looking for:
library(tidyverse)
hwk %>%
rename_with(.cols = everything(),
.fn = ~str_c(., c(rep('_Anxiety', 3), rep('_Depression', 9)))) %>%
pivot_longer(cols = everything(),
names_to = c('Test', 'Test_Type'),
names_pattern = '(.*)_(.*)',
values_to = 'Score')
# A tibble: 1,116 x 3
Test Test_Type Score
<chr> <chr> <dbl>
1 V1 Anxiety 4
2 V2 Anxiety 4
3 V3 Anxiety 4
4 V4 Depression 4
5 V5 Depression 3
6 V6 Depression 4
7 V7 Depression 4
8 V8 Depression 4
9 V9 Depression 4
10 V10 Depression 4
# ... with 1,106 more rows