acled_transform_wider

Function to convert your ACLED's API calls (if monadic) back into the original dyadic forms.

Tools working with data from ACLED (Armed Conflict Location and Event Data). Functions include simplified access to ACLED's API (<https://apidocs.acleddata.com/>), methods for keeping local versions of ACLED data up-to-date, and functions for common ACLED data transformations.

Trey Billing

acledR

Manipulate ACLED Data

Armed Conflict Location and Event Data ACLED

Lucas Fagliano

Katayoun Kishi

acled_transform_wider function

<dl><dt>data, </dt>
<dd>a dataframe or tibble containing your dataset.</dd>
<dt>type, </dt>
<dd>a character string. One of five types: full_actors, main_actors, assoc_actors, source, or all.<ul>
<li>full_actors: All actor and associated actor columns</li>
<li>main_actors: Actor 1 and Actor 2 columns</li>
<li>assoc_actors: All associated actor columns</li>
<li>source: The source column becomes dyadic</li>
<li>api_monadic: Use this option for data that is the output of the API's monadic option.</li>
</ul></dd></dl>

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Reverse Transform ACLED Data from Long to Wide — acled_transform_wider

<dl>

<dt>data, </dt>
<dd>a dataframe or tibble containing your dataset.</dd>


<dt>type, </dt>
<dd>a character string. One of five types: full_actors, main_actors, assoc_actors, source, or all.<ul>
<li>full_actors: All actor and associated actor columns</li>
<li>main_actors: Actor 1 and Actor 2 columns</li>
<li>assoc_actors: All associated actor columns</li>
<li>source: The source column becomes dyadic</li>
<li>api_monadic: Use this option for data that is the output of the API's monadic option.</li>
</ul></dd>

</dl>

acled_transform_wider: Reverse Transform ACLED Data from Long to Wide

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