1. Analysis of Data - Quantifying data
Babbie & Mouton, The Practice of Social Research. Cape Town: Oxford

2. Quantifying Data
Converting data into a machine-readable form that can be read & manipulated by computers & similar machines
Started in France 1801 – Jacquard invented punch card thus info can be coded & stored in form of holes punched in a card – 1890 USA Hollerith adapts above for census data
Thus Quantifying data involves:
Coding – Development of code categories
Codebook construction
Coding & data entry options – transfer sheets, edge-coding, direct data entry, data entry by interviewers, coding to optical scan sheets, direct use of optical scan sheets & connecting with a data analysis program
Data cleaning – possible-code cleaning, contingency cleaning