Incomplete data. Thus far I have been addressing
in-person research concerns, but one that is very common with online data
collection is participants skipping questions. Some standardized surveys are
invalid if questions are skipped.
What
to do? In
person, you can do a quick check to see if any data is missing. Online is
trickier. Most survey programs (like survey monkey) allow the option for
requiring answers to the questions. There are some positives and negatives to
consider with this. The positive is that your data will be complete, with no
missing responses. The negative is some people will quit the survey if they
can’t skip responses.
Next time, I will finish issues in data collection. Do you
have an issue or a question that you would like me to discuss in a future post?
Would you like to be a guest writer? Send me your ideas!
leann.stadtlander@waldenu.edu
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