9.4 Wide format data
- Wideformat: Individuals/units in rows, Repeated observations across time/variables in columns (see Table 9.1)
- Important: Distinguish unit from observations of that unit
- Observations of same unit are distributed across columns
| unit | trust.2006 | trust.2007 | Victimization.2006 | Victimization.2007 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Paul | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Pedro | 6 | 6 | 1 | 0 |