Data Management: Long vs Wide Data

This presentation on ‘Long vs Wide data’ was recorded on 2022, March 7th as Session 2 of Module 3 of the Data Management course delivered by Statistics for Sustainable Development, and covers the differences between long and wide data, and demonstrates repeat groups in ODK. This session was presented by Alex Thomson. This course was supported by the Global Collaboration for Resilient Food Systems.

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Contents:
00:00 - Intro
01:07 - Dataset Shape
02:14 - Wide Data
03:14 - Long Data
04:47 - When Would You Use Long Data?
09:43 - Long vs Wide in Longitudinal/Repeated Measures
13:06 - Long vs Wide in Hierarchical Data
14:56 - Repeat Groups in ODK
23:53 - ONA Data Exports
24:09 - Conclusion