Managing, entering, and coding data is an important part of the survey process.
Data must be safeguarded to ensure participant privacy and to prevent data corruption. The type of data (hard copy or electronic), will determine security measures needed.
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Data entry, or the process of taking data from the instrument and putting it in a format that can be analyzed, can be both time consuming and expensive. Data entry techniques, time, and cost depend heavily on the method of data collection.
Once the data is entered, it needs to be “coded” or put into a format that can be analyzed using statistical software programs. Coding is a process by which categorical or string variables (variables with words) are transformed into numbers.
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