SOC200H1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 14: Interquartile Range, Dependent And Independent Variables, Standard Deviation
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Quantitative analysis employs techniques whereby researchers convert data to a numerical form and subject it to statistical analysis. Quantification is the process of converting data to a numerical format, which must be in machine-readable form so that the data can be read and manipulated by computers. The process for coding closed-ended questions is quite straightforward. Responses to open-ended questions, however, are nonnumerical and must be coded before analysis. In the process, we reduce a wide variety of idiosyncratic items of information to a more limited set of attributes composing a variable. Remember to code as much detail as possible because code categories can later be combined if the analysis desired does not require the originally coded level of detail. The coding scheme may already be established before the data are examined, or it may be developed after examining a number of cases to determine what set of code categories would be most appropriate.
