Compiling multiple waves Tools for compiling multiple waves of Understanding Society into one tidy data frame. Find the code on Github: https://github.com/wklimowicz/tidyusoc (R). This code was developed by Wojtek Klimowicz. If you have any questions about the R syntax, please submit an issue.
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