{"id":4915,"date":"2025-05-22T09:05:46","date_gmt":"2025-05-22T07:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/psyctc\/?post_type=docs&p=4915"},"modified":"2025-05-22T09:05:47","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T07:05:47","password":"","slug":"long-thin-format-data","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/www.psyctc.org\/psyctc\/glossary2\/long-thin-format-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Long (“thin”) format data"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Is what it says! A dataset that is long and thin!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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So what? Well, often in our fields we have repeated, nested data, e.g. multiple completions of measures by the same person over time. You can arrange this in some database or statistical computer package like this:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n\n\n wdt_ID<\/th> wdt_created_by<\/th> wdt_created_at<\/th> wdt_last_edited_by<\/th> wdt_last_edited_at<\/th> ID<\/th> Item01_1<\/th> Item02_1<\/th> Item03_1<\/th> Item04_1<\/th> Item05_1<\/th> Item01_2<\/th> Item02_2<\/th> Item03_2<\/th> Item04_2<\/th> Item05_2<\/th> <\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n \n\n \n \n\n\n
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1<\/td>\n chris<\/td>\n 22\/05\/2025 08:40 AM<\/td>\n chris<\/td>\n 22\/05\/2025 08:40 AM<\/td>\n 1<\/td>\n 0.60<\/td>\n -1.70<\/td>\n -1.30<\/td>\n 2.20<\/td>\n 0.10<\/td>\n 0.70<\/td>\n -0.90<\/td>\n 0.30<\/td>\n -3.40<\/td>\n -1.10<\/td>\n <\/tr>\n <\/tbody> \n\n \n \n \n <\/table>\n\n<\/div>