Step 1: Collect, Capture and Clean Data
Reminder of Major Initial Data Issues
These initial data steps
were mostly discussed in Chapter 4 and Chapter 9, and the basics of
collecting, capturing and cleaning data will not be covered in detail
here. The researcher is urged to remember that getting to know your
data well and ensuring it is cleaned and correct is crucial to all
statistics. The following are crucial summary points:
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The crucial methodological design issues: The most important thing in research is to have the right sample and a correct and adequate set of variables which are put together in an appropriate model. This is also true of regression. No matter how well your model seems to fit and how strong your slopes, if the sample, ...
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