Check whether the mean of a scale variable equals the pooled mean of single items

Function need the output of the createInputForDescriptives() function. For each non-imputed scale, the function checks whether the (unweighted) mean of the scale variable equals the pooled mean of the single items which form the scale.

Usage

checkScaleConsistency(
  GADSdat,
  inputForDescriptives,
  id,
  tolerance = 0.02,
  verbose = TRUE
)

Arguments

GADSdat

Object of classGADSdat

inputForDescriptives

The output of the function createInputForDescriptives()

id

Name or column number of the ID variable. Argument can be numeric or character

tolerance

A positive numeric value, indicating the maximum allowed discrepancy between the mean of a scale variable and the pooled mean of single items

verbose

Logical: Print informations on console?

Value

Function does not return output but provide messages.