Data Management: Creating and Cleaning a Dataset

1/27/99


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Table of Contents

Data Management: Creating and Cleaning a Dataset

General Approach

Data Management: Where it fits in the research process

Ever wondered how a computer sees things?

What we see.. v...What the computer sees

Types of error common in entry or translation into analysis files

What we see.. v...What the computer sees

How does the translation from original data to data matrix occur?

Key Elements of Data Matrix to be Addressed in Code Book

Key Elements of Code Book with Examples

Characteristics of a good data management system

Data Management: Why Worry?

Crunch: An introduction

An overview of Crunch’s Structure

More Crunch Basics

Print Module -- A Multipurpose File-manager

Measurement Theory: Sources of Error

Measurement: Assigning numbers to phenomena according to pre-defined rules

Measurement: Assigning numbers to phenomena according to pre-defined rules

Levels of Measurement: Stevens

Author: Eleanor S. McConnell, RN, PhD

Email: mccon002@mc.duke.edu