Processing Data

Displaying data through tables Displaying data through a table is the most preferred method in research writing. Tables are important because they make understanding of data easier. The lengthy amount of data that you might have received can become concise and precise with tables and figures. The tables can easily be created and formatted in Microsoft Word or any other …

The goal of a questionnaire design is to find answers for research objectives. The answers generated from the questionnaires need also be relevant and valid. Therefore, the purpose of the research questionnaire is to find reliable and valid answers to the research questions. The researcher first needs to define the aims of the research, wether it is a market research …

Displaying data in research is the last step of the research process. It is important to display data accurately because it helps in presenting the findings of the research effectively to the reader. The purpose of displaying data in research is to make the findings more visible and make comparisons easy. When the researcher will present the research in front …

Data coding in research methodology is a preliminary step to analyzing data. The data that is obtained from surveys, experiments or secondary sources are in raw form. This data needs to be refined and organized to evaluate and draw conclusions. Data coding is not an easy job and the person or persons involved in data coding must have knowledge and …

When the researcher collects the data it is in raw form and it needs to be edited, organized and analyzed. The raw data needs to be transformed into a comprehensible form of data. The first steps in this process are to edit the data. The edited data is then coded and inferences are drawn. The editing of the data is …

The process of selecting a sample can be made easier if you know some sampling terminologies related to sampling. Sample is  part of the population and to draw sample from the population you need to decide about the sample size. There is a formula to decide about the sample size. To find out sample size using that formula you need …

What is the difference between qualitative and quantitative data? This is an important question for every researcher, as a researcher you should know the basic difference between the two. There is a clear and well defined divide between these two types of researches that one can easily understand. In quantitative research the type of information sought, type of data, variables, …

Data analysis in research Research analysis is one of the main steps of the research process, it is by far the most important steps of the research. How to analyze the data is an important question that every researcher asks. The researcher collects the data using one of the qualitative or quantitative methods of data collection. Data analysis highly depends …