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title: "Importing data into R"
author: "Thibaut Jombart"
date: "2018-11-15"
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## What data usually look like
Typical spreadsheet:
- rows: observations (typically individuals)
- columns: variables
## What data look like in R
A `data.frame` is the R equivalent of a
spreadsheet.
## How does the magic happen
> Basic R:
- `read.table("some_data.txt")` for general text files
- `read.csv("some_data.csv")` for csv files
> In packages:
- `readr::read_csv("some_data.csv")` for csv files
- `readxl::read_xlsx("some_data.xlsx")` for Excel format
- `haven::read_dta("some_data.dta")` for Stata
- ...