{"id":171,"date":"2019-07-30T09:12:22","date_gmt":"2019-07-30T09:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hsp16.epgpbooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/?post_type=chapter&p=171"},"modified":"2019-07-30T09:15:10","modified_gmt":"2019-07-30T09:15:10","slug":"processing-operation-editing-coding-classification","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/ebooks.inflibnet.ac.in\/hsp16\/chapter\/processing-operation-editing-coding-classification\/","title":{"rendered":"Processing operation \u2013 Editing, coding, classification"},"content":{"raw":"
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INTRODUCTION<\/strong><\/p>\r\n \r\n

The data which is collected for the purpose of the study itself cannot reveal everything. This being a raw data, it is required to process and analyze in order to have desired result. The data which is collected cannot be directly used for making analysis. Before analysis, data is required to be processed.<\/p>\r\n \r\n

Data processing is an intermediate stage between collection of data and their analysis and interpretation, which include Checking, Editing, Coding and Tabulation.Data processing is a crucial stage in research. After collecting the data from the field, the researcher has to process and analyze them in order to arrive at certain conclusions which may confirm or invalidate the hypothesis which he had formulated towards the beginning of research worth. The mass of data collected during the field work is to be processed with a view to reducing them to manageable proportions. Only by such a careful and systematic processing, the data will lend itself for statistical treatment and meaningful interpretation and conclusion.<\/p>\r\n \r\n

The processing of data includes editing, coding, classification and tabulation. The collected data should be organized in such a way so that table charts can be prepared for presentation. The processing of data is necessary because, the data collected should be examined and errors and mistakes are rectified so that at the stage of analysis of data, no difficulty is experienced. Various steps involved in processing of data are Editing, Coding, Classification and Tabulation.<\/p>\r\n \r\n

EDITING<\/strong><\/p>\r\n \r\n

Editing means to rectify or to set to order or to correct or to establish sequence.Editing is the process of examining the data collected in questionnaire or interview schedule to deduct errors and omissions and to correct those if possible. When the whole data collection is over, a final and thorough check up is made for data processing. It is better if the data collected is verified even before the data analysis is carried out. In this process editing is the first step. Editing is done to assure that the collected data are accurate, consistant with other facts gathered\u00a0uniformly entered and as complete as possible. For example imagine if we get the newspaper unedited, how the news will appear? Similarly, an unedited film will have no sequence of events, which means the story cannot be understood at all.<\/span><\/p>\r\n \r\n

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Editing is performed at two stages and depending on that it could be of two types:<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n