SOC 2805 Lecture 13: PROCESSING QUANTITATIVE DATA
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Codebook: set of rules for assigning numerical values to answers obtained from respondents, the data set we will be using is a fixed format with columns and rows. You can also have data sets that are free. this means the data floats in space and is called on when you need it (not literally in rows and columns). I consider myself politically informed: 1=strongly disagree, 2=disagree, 3=agree, 4=strongly agree, 4. Politics is decided by corporations so i don"t vote: 1=strongly disagree, 2=disagree, 3=agree, 4=strongly agree. Politics is decided by corporations so i don"t vote. Steps: ensure that the data is clean , free from inconsistencies and incompleteness, called editing. Problems reduced by: checking the contents for completeness, checking the responses for internal consistency. 2 ways of editing data: examine all the answers to one question or variable at a time, examine all the responses given to all the questions by one respondent at a time.
