08 - Data Tidying with {tidyr}

Sep 14, 2025 · 1 min read
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The concept of tidy data is, as the name suggests, of primary importance in the tidyverse. This lesson will introduce you to the criteria of tidy data, why it’s important, and how to reshape your raw data into a tidy format using pivot_wider() and pivot_longer().

Further Reading

  1. R for Data Science chapter on tidy data

  2. Tutorial on reshaping data from R-Ladies Sydney

Authors
Department of Psychology
This bootcamp gives a gentle introduction to R and RStudio, transforming and visualizing data with the tidyverse, and the basics of R Markdown.