Chapter 9 -- Processing the Data

1			Completed questionnaires returned from the field should be numbered, sorted and recorded before sight-editing begins.
			A)	TRUE
			B)	FALSE
2			Completed, sight-edited questionnaires should be sorted into four piles: Clearly acceptable, probably acceptable, probably reject, and clearly reject.
			A)	TRUE
			B)	FALSE
3			If a respondent completes an item or section that they shouldn't complete, it's usually necessary to reject the questionnaire.
			A)	TRUE
			B)	FALSE
4			Postcoding questionnaires must always be done separately from the sight-editing
			A)	TRUE
			B)	FALSE
5			Each postcoding editor should have his or her own codebook.
			A)	TRUE
			B)	FALSE
6			Analysis programs "recognize" a given item only by its location in the data file being read at input.
			A)	TRUE
			B)	FALSE
7			Database programs can be programmed to screen the data during data entry.
			A)	TRUE
			B)	FALSE
8			Data are meaningless on inspection, but information can be understood and meaning can be obtained from it.
			A)	TRUE
			B)	FALSE
9			Recoding the data should be done during the statistical analysis phase, rather than during data preparation.
			A)	TRUE
			B)	FALSE
10			The more variables there are, the more important it is to enter all the variable and category names into the analysis program.
			A)	TRUE
			B)	FALSE