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Data Management

Whether scanned from paper survey form, entered by interviewers into a database, or collected from web-based surveys, our experts can prepare and convert your data into a structure and form needed for analysis. Our examination of the data includes:

• Performing data verification and cleaning, which helps ensure your analytical results are accurate.

• Detecting and fixing discrepancies in databases.

• Creating “codebook” information, which includes variable names, variable formats and descriptive variable labels.

• Setting-up multiple-item indices and scales, which combine multiple indices into a single, multiple-item index.

• Filling in missing data if necessary. By replacing missing data values with estimates, you ensure better summary statistics.

• Weighting data if needed to match the demographics of the target population.