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Chapter 4. Basic data management > Sorting data
4.8. Sorting data
Sometimes, viewing a dataset in a sorted order can tell you quite a bit about the data. For example, which managers are most deferential? To sort a data frame in R, use the order() function. By default, the sorting order is ascending. Prepend the sorting variable with a minus sign to indicate a descending order. The following examples illustrate sorting with the leadership data frame.
