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Data Preparation and Analysis

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Margaret Beaver
Rick Bernsten
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Survey research is carried out through a series of steps. You must define a survey population, identify a sampling frame (list) which includes most, if not all, of the population units, select a sample of elements (i.e., villages, households, farmers) from the frame, identify a reporting unit to whom questions are asked, interview respondents, prepare the data for computer entry, create data files, enter the data and analyze the data using various SPSS commands. The following discussion of data preparation uses terms associated with the microcomputer version of the SPSS Inc. analysis package, now called Predictive Analysis Software (PASW), Version 17, to illustrate general principles. For more complete, detailed instructions about these concepts, consult the manual accompanying your statistical package

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Paper provided by Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University in its series International Development Working Papers with number other_1_2009-06.

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Keywords: data preparation; analysis; survey;

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