Management and Organizational Studies 3420F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 13: Statistical Hypothesis Testing, Test Statistic, Computer File

• School: Western University
• Department: Management and Organizational Studies
• Course: Management and Organizational Studies 3420F/G
• Professor: Bonnie Simpson

Document Summary

Chapter 13: data processing, fundamental data analysis, and the statistical testing of. Overview of the data analysis procedure: validation and editing (quality control, coding, data entry, machine cleaning of data, tabulation and statistical analysis. Make sure that all the interviews actually were conducted as specified (validation) Questionnaires have been filled out properly and completely (editing). Validation: the process of ascertaining that interviews actually were con- ducted as specified. in a different sense than in chapter 6- extent to which what was being measured was actually measured. Detect interviewer fraud or failure to follow key instructions. After all the interviews have been completed, the research firm contacts again a certain percentage of the respondents surveyed by each interviewer. Ex. mall survey: did the interviewer cover the entire survey? checking for other problems. The process of ascertaining that questionnaires were filled out properly and completely. Coding: the process of grouping and assigning numeric codes to the various responses to a question.