Articles and resources tagged “Data cleaning”

Dealing with data cleaning: "What do you mean I have to clean the data? I used the Web so I wouldn't have to do any data entry." While Web and scannable surveys will minimize data entry costs, some degree of data cleaning is required...; Read Article; BY: Ann Ray on July 4, 2006 | Last updated April 25, 2008; COMMENTS: 0; CATEGORIES: Data Handling | Reporting; TAGS: Data cleaning | Data validation | Import & export | Open-ended questions | Postcoding
When surveys are too adaptive: One of the strengths of Web, CATI and CAPI surveys is their adaptability. We can create a questionnaire which tailors itself in obvious and hidden ways to a respondent's answers. While in a sense the respondent is "driving" this process,...; Read Article; BY: Ann Ray on June 8, 2006 | Last updated April 28, 2008; COMMENTS: 0; CATEGORIES: Management | Questionnaires | Technology; TAGS: CAPI & CATI | Data cleaning | Developing surveys | Open-ended questions | Postcoding | Web surveys