Function reference • NlsyLinks

NLSY79 Datasets Datasets NLSY79 (Gen1 & Gen2)
`Links79Pair`	Kinship linking file for pairs of relatives in the NLSY79 and NLSY79 Children and Young Adults
`Links79PairExpanded`	Kinship linking file for pairs of relatives. It builds upon the Links79Pair dataset.
`ExtraOutcomes79`	Extra outcome variables in the NLSY79
`SubjectDetails79`	Dataset containing further details of the Gen1 and Gen2 subjects.
`Survey79`	Dataset containing survey details for each subject, for each year
NLSY97 Datasets Datasets NLSY97
`Links97Pair`	Kinship linking file for pairs of relatives in the NLSY97
`Links97PairExpanded`	Kinship linking file for pairs of relatives In the NLSY97. It builds upon the Links97Pair dataset.
BG Behavior Genetics
`CreatePairLinksDoubleEntered()` `CreatePairLinksSingleEntered()` `CreatePairLinksDoubleEnteredWithNoOutcomes()`	Creates a pairs linking file.
`CreateSpatialNeighbours()`	Distances between related family members, formatted for spatial analysis.
`CreateSubjectTag()`	Creates a SubjectTag. This value uniquely identifies subjects, when both generations are included in the same dataset.
`GetDetails()`	GetDetails-methods
`NlsyLinks-package`	Utilities and kinship information for Behavior Genetics and Developmental research using the NLSY.
`RGroupSummary()`	Calculates summary statistics for each Relatedness Group in the sample.
ACE Estimating sources of shared genetic and environment.
`AceUnivariate()` `DeFriesFulkerMethod1()` `DeFriesFulkerMethod3()`	Estimates the heritability of additive traits using a single variable.
`GetDetails(<AceEstimate>)`	Class AceEstimate
`AceLavaanGroup()`	A simple multiple-group ACE model with the lavaan package.
`CleanSemAceDataset()`	Produces a cleaned dataset that works well with when using SEM to estimate a univariate ACE model.
`CreateAceEstimate()`	Instantiate an AceEstimate object.
Utilities Utilities for managing the datasets
`VerifyColumnExists()` `RenameColumn()` `RenameNlsyColumn()`	A collection of functions that helps data management data.frames, particularly those derived from NLSY Extracts.
`ReadCsvNlsy79Gen1()`	Read a CSV file downloaded from the NLS Investigator
Validation Validating the datasets
`ValidateOutcomeDataset()`	Validates the schema of datasets containing outcome variables.
`ValidatePairLinks()`	Validates the schema of a links for pairs of relatives
`ValidatePairLinksAreSymmetric()`	Verifies that the pair relationships are symmetric.

Reference

NLSY79 Datasets

NLSY97 Datasets

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ACE

Utilities

Validation