Summary book Multivariate Data Analysis (Hair) Questions and Answers

When should the type of data analysis for the project be determined? - -pre planning. Before you start -What is it called when you assign labels to data that can be read & understood by a computer (e.g., 1=yes, 2=no)? - -Coding the data -What is it called when you need to deal with missing data, and when you check to see if the values are valid & consistent (e.g., 1=true, 2=false, there should be no 3s)? - -Cleaning the data -Collectively, what is the term for coding & cleaning the data?? - -Data management: quantitative or qualitative data must be coded, cleaned, and organized into a usable format -True or False? Both quantitative and qualitative data need to be coded, cleaned, and organized. - -True -Characteristic or attribute that can be measured or observed - -Variable -Those that are either controlled by the evaluator or cause or exert some influence on dependent variable - -Independent Variable ex. exposure to an intervention, gender, race, age, education, income -Outcome variables being studied - -Dependent variable ex. awareness, knowledge, attitudes, skills and behaviors -Used to organize, summarize, and describe characterist