Managing data with a complex structure#
Learning Objectives#
After working through this topic, you should be able to:
Explain the three rules for storing tabular data in a collection of tables:
Values have no internal structure
Tables do not contain redundant information
Variable names have no structure
Apply the rules to data management tasks by:
Doing all data management in a collection of tables satisfying these rules
Storing each of these tables in a separate file
Merging / reshaping the tables as needed for analysis
Materials#
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