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When you are loading data into R, you have a number of options. For external files, there are several functions that read specific kinds of files or data. R also comes with a number of data sets that can be loaded. Sometimes the user wants to create data. R has a multitude of random number generators for data creation. Data can be entered manually using c() or by using various other functions to create data with certain patterns.
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© 2014 Margot Tollefson
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Tollefson, M. (2014). Importing and Creating Data. In: R Quick Syntax Reference. Apress, Berkeley, CA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-6641-9_9
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