Managing the Data from Survey Development through Archiving
Managing the Data from Survey Development through Archiving
This chapter deals exclusively with the practicalities of how to manage data to increase and maintain reliability and accuracy. It focuses primarily on setting up the printed or computerized interview; structuring it to minimize human error; and maximizing movement to a clean, usable, archivable dataset. It covers the continuum of data management, starting with adapting instruments. It presents a budget analysis guide for choosing to use paper or computerized interviews. Examples of correct and incorrect formatting are illustrated. The chapter closes with a discussion of data entry, setting up datasets for longitudinal studies, and data archiving.
Keywords: data management, computerized interview, dataset, formatting, longitudinal, archiving, budget
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