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METHODOLOGY
PROCESSING OF
DATA
JENIFER S.K.
FINAL YEAR
MBA
SRMC
INTRODUCTION
1. The data, after collection, has to be prepared for
analysis.
2. Collected data is raw and it must be converted to the
form that is suitable for the required analysis.
3. The result of the analysis are affected a lot by the form
of the data.
4. So, proper data preparation is must to get reliable
result.
IMPORTANT STEPS
QUESTIONNAIRE
EDITING CODING CLASSIFICATION
CHECKING
GRAPHICAL
DATA ADJUSTING DATA CLEANING TABULATION
REPRESENTATION
QUESTIONNAIRE CHECKING
When the data is collected through questionnaires, the first steps of data
preparation process is to check the questionnaires if they are accepted or not.
FIELD EDITING
CENTRAL EDITING
Translating Wrong
and
or
replacement
rewriting
CODING
• Coding refers to the process of assigning numerals or other symbols to answers so
that responses can be put into limited number of categories or classes.
CLASSIFICATION
• Tabulation is the process of summarizing raw data and displaying the same in
compact form( i.e., in the form of statistical tables ) for further analysis.
• Tabulation is an orderly arrangement of data in columns and rows.
GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATION
• Checking the data for consistency and treatment for missing value.
DATA ADJUSTING
• Data adjusting is not always necessary but it may improve the quality of analysis
sometimes.