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

Raw data lends itself well to analysis.

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 _____ deletion.

Which of the following need to be corrected as part of the editing process?

When a word or a short phrase can be associated with a numeric code, this code is called a(n) ________.

Which of the following means that coding categories have no overlap so that a subject or response can be placed in only one category?

A researcher has assigned "1" to represent freshman, "2" for sophomore, "3" for junior, "4" for senior, and "5" for graduate student. These labels (i.e., freshman, sophomore, etc.) assigned to the numeric code are called _____.