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

Mistakes that are made by the respondent in a phone survey are called nonrespondent errors.

A data processing device that reads data from mark-sensed surveys into the computer is called a(n) ______ system.

A question on a survey that has not been answered by the respondent is called a(n) ______.

The unedited responses from a respondent exactly as indicated by that respondent are referred to as _____.

_____ editing rigorously investigates the results of data collection, usually in a centralized office.

A data error that the respondent is not responsible for creating is called a(n) _____ error.

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 _____.

When a survey is highly unstructured, it is possible to precode the response categories before the data are collected.

Valerie's job at a research firm is to transfer data from survey questionnaires to a computer file. Her job is _____.

Which of the following is the activity of transferring data from a research project to computers?

When Arbitron has its own staff verify the accuracy of radio-station call letters (e.g. KMOX) to ensure that they are possible radio call letters in the geographical area of the respondent, this is an example of _____.

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

Codes are rules for ______ data.

The activity of transferring data from a research project to computers is called ______.

Which of the following refers to the notion that the data file actually contains the information that the researcher is trying to obtain to adequately address research questions?

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) _____.

All of the following are choices available when dealing with missing data EXCEPT _____.

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

A coding scheme that has a code for all possible responses is said to be _____.

The idea that the coding categories used should allow for all possible responses to the question is another way of saying that the data should be mutually exclusive.