A data analyst has received a list of customer names in alphabetical order that needs to instead be put in order by transaction date. Which of the following data manipulation techniques should the…

Aggregating involves combining data from multiple rows into a single summary row, such as calculating sums or averages, which does not change the order of existing records.

Transposing involves rotating data from rows to columns or vice-versa, which is not about reordering records within the existing row/column structure.

Sorting is the appropriate data manipulation technique to reorder a list of data based on a new criterion, such as changing from alphabetical order by name to chronological order by transaction date. This technique rearranges the entire dataset according to the specified key.

Consolidating involves combining data from multiple sources into a single dataset, which is a broader data integration task rather than a specific reordering technique.