CMNS 260 Study Guide - Final Guide: Sampling Frame, Statistical Inference, Informed Consent

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMNS 260
• Professor: Janet Marontate

Document Summary

Data coding means systematically reorganizing raw numerical data into a format that is easy to analyse using computers. A codebook is a document describing the coding procedure and the location of data for variables in a format that computers can use. There are four ways to get raw quantitative data into a computer: code sheet. Gather the information, then transfer it from the original source onto a grid format (code sheet). Next, type what is on the code sheet into a computer, line by line: direct-entry method, including cati. As information is being collected, sit at a computer keyboard while listening to/observing the information and enter the information, or have a respondent/subject enter the information himself or herself (such as in a web survey). The computer must be programmed to accept the information: optical scan. Gather the information, then enter it onto optical scan sheets (or have a respondent/subject enter the information) by illing in the correct dots .