Data Processing Quiz

It is the first stage in data processing:

• Tabulation

• Editing

• Coding

• Classification

Which of the following is an example of continuous variables?

• Number of children

• Number of workers in a company

• Income

• All of the above

It is the intermediary stage between the collection of data and their analysis and interpretation:

• Formulation of objectives

• Formulation of Hypotheses

• Data processing

• None of the above

Which of the following are the guidelines while editing the data?

• The editor should have a copy of the instructions given to the interviewers.

• The editor should not destroy or erase the original entry.

• All answers, which are modified or filled in afresh by the editor, have to be indicated.

• All of the above

It is the process of examining the data collected through various methods to detect errors and omissions and correct them for further analysis:

• Editing

• Tabulation

• Coding

• Classification

Voluminous data collected through various methods needs to be reduced into …………….. groups for meaningful analysis:

• Homogeneous

• Heterogeneous

• Equal

• None of the above

It is the process by which data are categorized into groups and numerals or other symbols or both are assigned to each item depending on the class it falls in:

• Tabulation

• Coding

• Classification

• Summarization

Which of the following are the rules for coding?

• Each respondent should be given a code number.

• Each qualitative question should have codes.

• All responses including "don't know," "no opinion," "no response" etc., are to be coded.

• All of the above

In this type of classification, data is arranged according to time of occurrence:

• Manifold

• Simple

• Chronological

• Geographical

What are the requisites of a good statistical table?

• A good table must present the data in as clear and simple a manner as possible

• The title should be brief and self-explanatory.

• Abbreviations should be avoided in a table.

• All of the above.