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This chapter covers how to merge datasets, add rows and columns to existing datasets, reshape datasets, and stack and unstack datasets. You will find that some of the analyses you want to do will require stacked data, others will require unstacked data, and still others can use data of either type.
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Pace, L.A. (2014). Merging and Reshaping Datasets. In: R Recipes. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-0130-5_4
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