Exam 19: Editing and Coding: Transforming Raw Data Into Information

Assigning numbers to edited data is known as ____________________.

The assignment of numbers to edited data is known as:

A survey question asked respondent how much of the Super Bowl they watched by asking them to check one of the four following choices: "all of it," "most of it," "some of it," or "none of it." How many dummy variables would a researcher need to dummy code this question?

Compare and contrast list-wise deletion and pair-wise deletion methods for handling missing data and discuss which one is used most today.

The purpose of coding open-ended questions is to reduce the large number of individual responses to a few general categories of answers that can be assigned numerical codes.

One way to deal with missing values is to randomly select an answer.

When a phone survey tries to obtain the opinions of registered voters (who need to be age 18+),and the field editor finds an interview in which the respondent was only 17 years old,the field editor should ____________________ this survey.

A data sheet documents the location of each variable in a data matrix.

The idea that the coding categories applied to a given question should allow all possible answers to the question to receive a code is another way of saying that the coding categories should be:

A method of handling missing data in which only the actual variables for a respondent that do not contain information are eliminated from use in statistical analyses is called:

Kelsea is an interviewer and incorrectly entered respondents' choices on ten surveys.This type of error is called:

Raw data are the facts that are in a form suitable for a decision.

Missing value is the technical term for items left blank.

A researcher has decided to insert a response for items not answered by respondents.This answer the editor inserts is referred to as a(n):

Which of the rules for coding has been violated by the following responses to a question about annual salary?