If you administer the questionnaire by post, what steps would you take after data collection is complete and questionnaires are retrieved?
What will be an ideal response?
This question focused on one mode of survey administration to get students to focus on the steps
to take once concrete hard copy completed questionnaires are in their hands after data collection.
Some may jump to work on data analysis, while others may panic as to what to do once the data
is at hand. This highlights the tips discussed in this chapter in relation to steps to be taken
following data collection, including questionnaire organisation and numbering, data entry,
checking, cleaning, and preparation for analysis.
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a. message transaction log b. data encryption standard c. vertical parity check d. request-response technique
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a. openness b. conscientiousness c. emotionalism d. extroversion
The ________ and ________ Amendments respectively prohibit the federal and state governments from depriving any person of life, liberty, or property without due process of law
a. First and Tenth b. Fifth and Second c. Fifth and Fourteenth d. Fourth and Fourteenth
Computing liquidity ratios is ________ but interpreting them is ________
A) complex; even more complex B) complex; more straightforward C) straightforward; more complex D) None of these